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Targeted sanctions work. Removing sanctions was the main goal of Russian "lobbying" (let's call it that way) of the Trump administration. Personally annoying l
by Iv 5y ago
Targeted sanctions work. Removing sanctions was the main goal of Russian "lobbying" (let's call it that way) of the Trump administration.
Personally annoying leaders and oligarchs by preventing them to move around, if only to bring their kids to Disneyland, is not flashy but is convincing Putin's inner circle that he is turning Russia into a third world country.
Hit at the wallet. Especially at the personal one.
- 3v1n0 5y agoProblem with sanctions is that most likely they only affect normal people who is not then able to rebel against their leaders. See Cuba or Venezuela, they live on sanctions for decades but show the oligarchs can live well on them, the people is struggling and has not any possibility to fight against their regimes
- Iv 5y agotargeted sanctions. "Here is a list of 20 oligarchs who can't travel to US and EU anymore and can't transfer funds there." There may be a few false positives but that's much better than blanket embargo on a whole population. And when you find a business front of one of these, you have a legal reason to destroy millions from their wealth. Angry oligarchs are probable more scary to Putin than protests in the streets of Moscow.