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SWIFT ban to have 'material impact' on Russia

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Steven Beardsley
March 1, 2022

As Western nations have moved to shut some Russian banks out of the SWIFT global payments system, experts are wondering how effective the ban will be. DW asked Leo Lipis, the CEO of a payments systems firm in Berlin.

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