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Looking at sanctions on Russia and their effectiveness... I can't wait to see mental gymnastics to skip those tariffs on some goods :)
by mantas 5y ago
Looking at sanctions on Russia and their effectiveness... I can't wait to see mental gymnastics to skip those tariffs on some goods :)
- nerbert 5y agoWhat data point have you that tells you that sanctions are not effective?
- ghostwriter 5y agoRussia is self-sufficient in energy and military power, existing sanctions against the country as a whole act as a catalyst of local development of alternatives to foreign goods and services. The process is far from being painless and efficient, but that is a common challenge of bootstrapping everything new in any other region/domain, and it doesn't indicate efficacy of any of the existing sanctions. Certain individuals might be at inconvenience or even net loss of course, depending on their reliance on relations with EU and US (visas, international business opportunities, exchange programs etc)
- mantas 5y agoRussia is „sanctioned“, yet NordStream 2 is being built. Russia-Western Europe trade quickly recovered. Nowadays it's just sanctions in the name to keep Eastern europe silent, while Western europe gets to trade thanks to loopholes.