The United States and its allies on Saturday moved to block certain Russian banks’ access to the SWIFT international payment system in further punishment of Moscow as it continues its military assault against Ukraine.
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- U.S.
- and its allies move to block certain Russian banks’ access to the SWIFT international payment system in further punishment of Moscow.
- Measures will include restrictions on the Russian central bank’s international reserves, the nations said in a joint statement.
- “We will hold Russia to account and collectively ensure that this war is a strategic failure for Putin,” the leaders of the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Canada and the United States wrote.
- The move comes after the United.
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