Countries around the world gang up Russia for President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Unmitigated, the European Union, United States, Britain, Japan, Switzerland, Australia and Taiwan compactly ganged up on the former Soviet Union.

But Putin does not care about the sanctions of these countries. Because, according to his spokesman, Dmitry Peskov Putin has no assets abroad.

The following are the countries that gave punishment to Russia as reported by CNN, Tuesday (1/3/2022):

1. European Union

The European Union along with the United States, Britain and Canada pledged to remove Russia from SWIFT, a communications network for banking and financial institutions, as part of tougher steps to remove Russia from the international financial system.

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication or SWIFT is used by more than 11,000 financial institutions to send messages and secure payment orders.

The countries are also committed to imposing restrictions that would prevent Russia’s central bank from spreading its foreign reserves.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the move would cripple Russia’s central bank assets and freeze transactions making it impossible to liquidate its assets.

“We will stop Putin using his coffin,” von der Leyen said in a statement.

The statement said it would limit the sale of “golden passports” that allow wealthy Russians to gain citizenship in other countries in exchange for investments. This move will pressure wealthy Russians with connections to the government to become citizens of other countries and gain access to our financial system.

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