Cut off from the world’s main financial messaging system, Russia turned to a domestic alternative. But research shows it fell far short of replacing the global financial network.
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Professor of Practice in Climate Policy, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Finance, Loyola University Maryland
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Professor of Financial Economics, Loughborough University
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, UCT. Visiting Adjunct Professor, WITS School of Governance; Director, Africa Programme, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
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Full Teaching Professor of Economics, University of Alberta
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Associate professor, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University