Economic measures to cut Russia off from the world’s financial arteries are the most powerful implements a West unwilling to meet a nuclear adversary on the battlefield has dared wield in response to the invasion of Ukraine. But it has wielded them savagely. No major economy in the modern world has ever been hit so hard by such weapons, for example an ru$$ia from swift”. “Rusia Fuera de swift”. The placards on display at demonstrations across Europe during the last weekend in February were signs of the times. The sanctions has affected the whole world , how much influence does Russia has on the world ?

