🕳️ Released Phantom Node 109: Chinese Intermediary Banks. The Financial Invisible
- Foundation date
05 January 2026
This project is a philosophical and artistic study of the phenomenon of "phantom nodes" — invisible yet influential objects and subjects in the contemporary global system. The descriptions contained within this study are metaphorical and allegorical, aimed at uncovering systemic problems, regimes, and civilisational influences. They are not a journalistic investigation or legal accusations, but serve as an artistic interpretation of reality.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
This creation is protected and cannot be used by third parties for the purpose of supporting, propagating, or legitimizing criminal regimes, terrorist states, and organizations operating in the shadows. The use of data or analysis results from this project, whether in part or in full, is expressly prohibited if the objective is to support or conceal their criminal activity.
The project may be freely used by individuals and organizations that combat evil, corruption, and aggression.
Mode: Financial Obfuscation and Parallel Clearing
🕳️ Released Phantom Node 109: Chinese Intermediary Banks. The Financial Invisible
Where money loses form, war gains breath.
Who is this?
This is not a single institution or bank. It is a distributed financial construct that emerged after China’s major state banks withdrew from direct settlements with Russia. Operations shifted to small regional banks with no international exposure, functioning in zones of limited visibility.
Type of node:
Financial construct
Status:
Deep shadow, beyond direct international oversight
Form of control:
Parallel clearing systems, regional proxy banks, yuan corridors
Phantom image:
A windowless fortress-labyrinth emitting financial flows as digital dust
What remains after the phantom:
Invisible ledgers, broken accountability chains, shadow registries
Core of the node:
What sustained it?
Fragmentation of the global financial system, dependency on critical imports, China’s role as an alternative financial hub.
How did it become a phantom?
Facing secondary sanctions, major banks retreated, transferring operations to a second tier of regional banks without global assets.
Why does the phantom still exist?
Lack of full oversight over CIPS, barter schemes, and the use of the digital yuan.
Phantom’s condition:
Active, diffused, nearly invisible
After the regime:
– parallel clearing chains exposed
– international financial audits conducted
– proxy-bank participation in war financing criminalized
– shadow correspondent accounts blocked
– transparency of cross-border settlements restored
Collective reaction:
We see that war does not begin with weapons.
It begins with an account without a name.
And every invisible transaction leaves visible consequences.
Core principle:
When finance becomes invisible, responsibility becomes lethal.
Alt-text:
Graphite-style image of a Chinese banking labyrinth. A massive fortress represents the CIPS system transforming financial flows into digital dust that fuels the Russian military-industrial complex. A ring of small banks shields the system from external oversight.
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Unmasking the Phantom. Pivtorak.Studio. 05.01.2026
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration.
All depictions are allegorical; the piece does not allege facts about specific private individuals without corroborated evidence.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
🫧 Phantom Node Dossier 109: Chinese Intermediary Banks. The "Financial Obfuscation and Parallel Clearing" Regime.
Key Aspects of the Phantom:
"The Financial Invisibility Cloak." By early 2026, China's major state-owned banks (ICBC, Bank of China) have officially ceased direct settlements with Russia to avoid losing access to the US dollar system. The phantom nature of this node lies in the creation of a "second tier": settlements have shifted to small regional banks (e.g., in Heilongjiang province) that hold no international assets and thus do not fear sanctions. This is a node where money is converted into untraceable digital dust.
Regimes:
🏦 Regional Proxy Bank Regime: Utilizing small Chinese rural and urban banks as primary hubs for Russian transactions.
🌐 CIPS Dominance Regime: Fully replacing SWIFT with China's CIPS (Cross-Border Interbank Payment System), making financial flows invisible to Western regulators.
💱 Digital Yuan (e-CNY) Regime: Using China's state cryptocurrency for instant settlements on critical imports without correspondent banks.
🧱 Commodity Barter Regime: A complex system of mutual offsets where Chinese technology supplies are paid for with energy resources through a web of fictitious obligations.
Tools:
🇨🇳 CIPS (Cross-Border Interbank Payment System): China's SWIFT alternative, which has become the primary channel for war financing.
📦 Domestic Russo-Chinese Gateways: Special border bank branches operating in a closed "offline clearing" mode.
💳 Yuan Correspondent Accounts: Mass opening of accounts by Russian firms in "second-tier" Chinese banks with no exposure to the US market.
🔄 VTB Shanghai Network: Utilizing Chinese branches of Russian banks as "bridges" that constantly change legal forms to bypass blocks.
Civilizational Influences:
📉 Global Financial Fragmentation: The creation of a fully functional parallel financial world where the dollar has no authority.
⚖️ End of Financial Oversight: The West's loss of monitoring tools over who finances global terror and how.
🌍 Legitimization of the Yuan as the "Currency of Revisionism": The Chinese currency becomes the primary tool for nations seeking to challenge the existing world order.
Dissection of a Phantom Node. Pivtorak.Studio. 05.01.2026
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. Depictions are allegorical and do not allege facts about private individuals without corroborated evidence.
Names are included because they appear in open international sources.
