Re:Full consensus for disconnecting Russia from SWIFT achiev...
by from on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:57PM
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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
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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.