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Russia warned of 'high price' of invading Ukraine

Rob Watts
January 19, 2022

The West has mulled excluding Russia from the international SWIFT payments system should it invade Ukraine. Eastern European policy expert Alexander Libman tells DW whether such a measure would be effective.

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