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Sanctions can be done in a way that targets specific individuals instead of entire populations. See US sanctions against Russia a few years ago.
by zja 5y ago
Sanctions can be done in a way that targets specific individuals instead of entire populations. See US sanctions against Russia a few years ago.
- threatofrain 5y agoBut what is the efficacy of elite sanctions? From the outside it seems to do nothing.
- Joker_vD 5y agoYou mean those sanctions that outlawed anyone to have any business with anyone (be they Ukrainian or Russian citizens) residing in Crimea?
- pphysch 5y ago"Targeted sanctions" as a geopolitical tool are a complete myth. They fall apart at the slightest scrutiny: from outside a sovereign nation, how do you prevent a target from colluding with a non-target to get around the targeted sanction? You can't reasonably ensure that, so by induction the only solution is to sanction (read: blockade) the entire population and its real economy. Which is a massive human rights abuse.