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and has nothing to do with ukraine - russia..
originally posted by: vNex92
a reply to: Xcathdra
Crimea is Russia
As Russa continues its assault on Ukraine, "it has become a global economic and financial pariah," a senior Biden administration official said Saturday.
02/26/2022 05:14pm EST | Updated 6 hours ago
The United States and key allies will cut Russian banks out of the global financial messaging system SWIFT and begin to target Russia’s central bank, according to a White House statement on Saturday.
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The move is the most drastic financial sanction yet on Russian President Vladimir Putin over his brutal, ongoing invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
The statement said the U.S., top European economies, Britain, and Canada would disconnect selected Russian banks from SWIFT, which will severely hurt their ability to operate internationally, and prevent Russia’s central bank from using its foreign currency reserves to evade Western sanctions. The pro-Ukraine countries will also make it harder for wealthy Russians to obtain Western citizenship and launch a task force to freeze the assets of Russian elites — a bid to pressure Putin by hurting his friends.
They specifically pledged they would refrain from making each other's territory the object of military occupation or engage in other uses of force in violation of international law.
originally posted by: vNex92
a reply to: Xcathdra
From your article
They specifically pledged they would refrain from making each other's territory the object of military occupation or engage in other uses of force in violation of international law.
America has broken the international law so many times, that nice line quote from your article. Should apply to NATO. In Kosovo.
originally posted by: agenda51
Biden to send 350 million in "aid" (AKA weapons) to Ukraine. Looks like NATO is going to War with Russia.