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That's interesting. I'm not sure where the technicality resides. If that situation is the case, I assume that it would be quite catastrophic for anyone using no

That's interesting. I'm not sure where the technicality resides. If that situation is the case, I assume that it would be quite catastrophic for anyone using non-Russian services for IT.

jacquesm 5y ago
That is correct. Hence this Tell HN, unfortunately it got flagged.
- Scoundreller 5y ago
  Still on front page, but grayed
  - mkr-hn 5y ago
    Gray just means you opened it since it points to the comments. It's HN's visited link style. It looks like enough people vouched or a mod intervened.
    - jacquesm 5y ago
      The latter.
- cutemonster 5y ago
  Why did it get flagged?
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    No idea, flags don't require a reason.
azinman2 5y ago
Cutting off SWIFT I believe is a primary way of making it impossible to pay...
- astrange 5y ago
  SWIFT is a messaging network and could be replaced by email. They’ve been banned from the US/UK central banks and can’t settle transactions in those currencies at all. Maybe more by now.