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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by lstodd on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:38PM (#30483928)
SWIFT doesn't matter that much; the other financial stuff either.

The big deal is the loss of high or medium tech supplies for the foreseable future. You might not realise how the whole of Russia runs entirely on import of those. China, even if they wanted to, can not replace that.

If Putin doesn't end up hanging on some random light pole in next few days, RU will collapse.

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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by from on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:57PM (#30484118)
Doesn't it just mean they'll pay extra (for the cost of evasion)? Apartheid South Africa still got oil when it was sanctioned, they just had to pay Marc Rich a 10% premium. Of course that's not great, especially when your currency and everything is collapsing, but still.
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Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev... by lstodd on Saturday February 26, 2022 @08:11PM (#30484236)
IDK about what SA had to offer back back then. Diamonds? Gold?

Thing is, Russia lived all those years on gas and oil export mainly.

Which isn't exactly a great proposition nowadays.

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