Opponents of the idea passed along a warning: Booting Russia from the critical global system – which handles 42 million messages a day and serves as a lifeline to some of the world’s biggest financial institutions – could backfire, sending inflation higher, pushing Russia closer to China and shielding financial transactions from scrutiny by the West. It might also encourage the development of a SWIFT alternative that could eventually damage the supremacy of the U.S. dollar.
While refusing to rule out even the most drastic financial penalties, Biden administration officials privately concede that they aren’t seriously considering the SWIFT option for now because doing so would choke off all trade with Russia, including energy sales that are allowed under current sanctions. Such a move could also have much wider ramifications, possibly causing an energy crisis in Europe and ruining the livelihoods of ordinary Russians, a scenario officials say they want to avoid.
Siste delen der … lol. Er ikke verdt en kommentar en gang
Men det er årsaker til at man ikke sanksjonerer dem gjennom SWIFT umiddelbart.