It's funny seeing "swift" in so many of these headlines, I think it's a subconscious reference to what people are really thinking about.
Some context, one of the stiffest penalties on the table for Russia is remove them from the SWIFT [0]. As I understand things this is up to western Europe is still being decided.
And without SWIFT the sanctions are useless. Now only mass strikes in the Ukraine can bring down the new soon to be selected leaders.
Or giving every Ukrainian a gun. Which would eventually lead to an American-style society. Ukranians didn't opt for that.
Czechs have a 500 year old gun culture, and were quite well armed. It is a shall-issue country, and every gun permit is automatically a concealed carry permit. Today, close to 20-25% of the country own guns, probably more undeclared owners.
Nevertheless, it got occupied by Germany and by Russia on two separate occasions, and at some point "elected" Hapsburgs.
The days of "God made Men. Smith&Wesson made them equal" are long past, and we are now well into the age of neo-feudalism.
Choose your suzerain carefully.
Dunno, Soviet Union was just fine without SWIFT, but crumbled due to low oil prices. I'm surprised it's not being worked on right now.