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What shutting Russia out of SWIFT means

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council in Moscow, Russia February 21, 2022. [Reuters]

The European Union (EU), US, UK, and several of its allies are moving to block Russia from using Swift as part of economic sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine.

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