In the face of sweeping new sanctions targeting its sovereign debt, and threats of being cut off from SWIFT, Visa and other financial instruments, Moscow has recently gone on the diplomatic offensive, encouraging trade partners to continue to move away from the use of the dollar in trade, and to create alternative payment systems.
The ISA has gone full retard. Treating to use the dollar and swift system as a weapon will truly end in tears. And if the USD loses ots status as the world reserve currency then the folks in the US will find out what reality is really like