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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 sanct
by 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 agoIf 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 agoIt 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 agoAgreed, 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 agoNo 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"