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Certain Russian banks being disconnected from Swift plus more restrictions (Original Post)
EleanorR
Feb 2022
OP
There are a lot of entanglements where disconnecting from SWIFT would affect Western nations...
Wounded Bear
Feb 2022
#7
Zelenskyy- "This is an important victory. It means billions & billions in losses for Russia.
LetMyPeopleVote
Feb 2022
#5
PortTack
(32,773 posts)1. Very hopeful!!
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)2. Great, but I wonder why only certain banks?
Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)7. There are a lot of entanglements where disconnecting from SWIFT would affect Western nations...
adversely. Probably meant to protect those western interests in Europe and US.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)8. Thx!
No clue how any of it works. But can't oligarcs then use a different bank?
Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)10. Here's a brief answer about SWIFT...
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It says 'communications,' but I believe it involves money transfers among banks as well.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)11. Thx!
But can't they just use another non-sanctioned bank?
Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)13. I suppose, but I imagine it would be more difficult...nt
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)14. Hopefully impossible...
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,304 posts)3. US + EU commit to removing selected Russian banks from Swift
democratsruletheday
(504 posts)4. Great post! Keep 'em coming...
this is a BFG for sure and anything the rest of the world can do to try and make Putin call off his dogs works for me. Sustained FINANCIAL pressure is critical IMO
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,304 posts)5. Zelenskyy- "This is an important victory. It means billions & billions in losses for Russia.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)12. Good!
EleanorR
(2,393 posts)6. More to come
Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)9. K & R...things are getting real...nt
crickets
(25,981 posts)15. From the second tweet, re Russia's Central Bank
I'm still trying to wrap my head around all that's involved, but it's a very big deal. People have a better understanding, please chime in.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen
Second, we will paralyse the assets of Russias central bank.
This will freeze its transactions.
And it will make it impossible for the Central Bank to liquidate its assets.
5:13 PM · Feb 26, 2022
Second, we will paralyse the assets of Russias central bank.
This will freeze its transactions.
And it will make it impossible for the Central Bank to liquidate its assets.
5:13 PM · Feb 26, 2022
WSJ, no paywall:
U.S. Weighing New Sanctions on Russias Central Bank
https://archive.ph/GELkP
In the wake of Russias invasion of Crimea in 2014, the Obama administration banned U.S. firms from buying debt from the central bank as part of its broader financial pressure campaign against Moscow. Those sanctions fueled a depreciation of the ruble and exposed the vulnerability of Russias dollar-denominated assets.
The Treasury Department on Tuesday expanded those sanctions to include central bank debt traded in the secondary markets, where intermediary institutions sell central bank bonds. [snip]
Among its options to expand sanctions on the Russian central bank, the administration could ban any dollar transactionsand allies might complement with similar action against euro, pound and yen trading. Such a step could hobble the central banks ability to sell its foreign currency reserves. Another option could be a full blacklisting that freezes any assets held in U.S. jurisdictionsand other countries jurisdictions where allies join Washington in the moveand prohibit any transactions. That could hit not only the banks currency-stabilization operations but also the transactions critical for the countrys international trade.
Ari Redbord, a former senior Treasury Department official now at the blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs, said imposing such blocking sanctionsalong with so-called secondary sanctions that blacklist any foreign banks, businesses or individuals caught transacting with a targetis a death sentence. The threat of losing access to the U.S., with the worlds most important currency and deepest financial markets, would undercut Russian efforts to evade the sanctions even by redirecting financial transactions through a willing Chinese bank.
The Treasury Department on Tuesday expanded those sanctions to include central bank debt traded in the secondary markets, where intermediary institutions sell central bank bonds. [snip]
Among its options to expand sanctions on the Russian central bank, the administration could ban any dollar transactionsand allies might complement with similar action against euro, pound and yen trading. Such a step could hobble the central banks ability to sell its foreign currency reserves. Another option could be a full blacklisting that freezes any assets held in U.S. jurisdictionsand other countries jurisdictions where allies join Washington in the moveand prohibit any transactions. That could hit not only the banks currency-stabilization operations but also the transactions critical for the countrys international trade.
Ari Redbord, a former senior Treasury Department official now at the blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs, said imposing such blocking sanctionsalong with so-called secondary sanctions that blacklist any foreign banks, businesses or individuals caught transacting with a targetis a death sentence. The threat of losing access to the U.S., with the worlds most important currency and deepest financial markets, would undercut Russian efforts to evade the sanctions even by redirecting financial transactions through a willing Chinese bank.