Napoleon Cornejo<p>Even without the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> carries considerable leverage to sanction <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>. The SWIFT system, for instance, is under European control, and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> needs it badly to integrate with the global financial system. </p><p>🇪🇺</p><p><a href="https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/03/24/how-europe-can-hurt-russias-economy?utm_medium=social-media.content.np&utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=discovery.content&utm_source=threads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">economist.com/finance-and-econ</span><span class="invisible">omics/2025/03/24/how-europe-can-hurt-russias-economy?utm_medium=social-media.content.np&utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=discovery.content&utm_source=threads</span></a></p>