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If there were real plans to sanction people responsible for invasion, they should've sanctioned russian billionaires - cancel their residence, close their compa

If there were real plans to sanction people responsible for invasion, they should've sanctioned russian billionaires - cancel their residence, close their companies, liquidate their property, freeze their money in banks, forbid travel. But this looks like they are taking EU money to pay to US gas fracking companies

phkahler 5y ago
Did you ever notice that in Chess (a game of kings) you never actually capture the opposing king, you just back him into a corner and call the game over. All other pieces on the board are actually captured and removed.
- another_why 5y ago
  Did you ever notice that it's not chess?
vorpalhex 5y ago
Russia has had it's billionaires sanctioned back in 14/15. Most of them now use the Russian banks to do their business (and those banks are not subject to sanctions and will misrepresent who they are doing business for). The next step is to close the loophole and target the Russian banks as a whole, which will have consequences for non-billionaores in Russia too.
- another_why 5y ago
  If you believe in a fairy tale that no one knows whose money going where, in 2022, then yes, sounds very reasonable. Scary Russian billionaires fool poor Europeans by acting through banks, aha. Are you trying to find an excuse for EU and US to NOT take any means to do what they threaten to do? This is bullshit.
- DaedPsyker 5y ago
  It seems that banks are the new target for the UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60476137 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60476137 London is one of the key centers for global banking. That said, I can't imagine Russian billionaires don't have means to shelter funds, nested shells in some offshore bank I'd imagine.
  - vorpalhex 5y ago
    Agreed, they will continue to find ways to circumvent the sanctions but hopefully we can make it more and more painful to do so.
    - another_why 5y ago
      No one is searching for the "ways", it's agreed on. "You can't do this anymore, because we need to win on the next elections, but we won't look here and here, see you in 2 years"

phkahler 5y ago

Did you ever notice that in Chess (a game of kings) you never actually capture the opposing king, you just back him into a corner and call the game over. All other pieces on the board are actually captured and removed.

another_why 5y ago
Did you ever notice that it's not chess?

vorpalhex 5y ago

Russia has had it's billionaires sanctioned back in 14/15. Most of them now use the Russian banks to do their business (and those banks are not subject to sanctions and will misrepresent who they are doing business for). The next step is to close the loophole and target the Russian banks as a whole, which will have consequences for non-billionaores in Russia too.

another_why 5y ago
If you believe in a fairy tale that no one knows whose money going where, in 2022, then yes, sounds very reasonable. Scary Russian billionaires fool poor Europeans by acting through banks, aha. Are you trying to find an excuse for EU and US to NOT take any means to do what they threaten to do? This is bullshit.
DaedPsyker 5y ago
It seems that banks are the new target for the UK. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60476137 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60476137 London is one of the key centers for global banking. That said, I can't imagine Russian billionaires don't have means to shelter funds, nested shells in some offshore bank I'd imagine.
- vorpalhex 5y ago
  Agreed, they will continue to find ways to circumvent the sanctions but hopefully we can make it more and more painful to do so.
  - another_why 5y ago
    No one is searching for the "ways", it's agreed on. "You can't do this anymore, because we need to win on the next elections, but we won't look here and here, see you in 2 years"