Re:Swift payments network to cut access to crypto exchanges
by SXX on Saturday January 21, 2023 @06:20PM
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They dont want to disconnect Russia completely. I can't find data for all 2022, but between February and August EU countries paid to Russia around $100 billions for energy resources only: gas, oil, etc. Here is the data till November so it's far more than just $100B:
https://www.bruegel.org/dataset/russian-foreign-trade-tracke...
It's still more money than US and EU countries spent combined on help to Ukraine:
https://www.ifw-kiel.de/topics/war-against-ukraine/ukraine-s...