Why hasn’t Russia been cut off from the SWIFT system yet? - a podcast by Marketplace

Western countries are imposing more sanctions on Russia, such as freezing assets of major Russian banks and limiting their ability to conduct international transactions. But there’s one powerful sanction the U.S and its allies in Europe have not been able to agree on: kicking Russia out of the SWIFT interbank messaging system. We look into what’s stopping them. Inflation jumped 6.1% in January, according to data from the Commerce Department. Amazon workers attempting to unionize have targeted the company’s use of “captive audience” anti-union presentations in a complaint.

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