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It's a symbolic thing. > It is extremely rare for the U.S. to sanction a sitting world leader, and the Kremlin had previously said it would consider sanctions
by 323 5y ago
It's a symbolic thing.
> It is extremely rare for the U.S. to sanction a sitting world leader, and the Kremlin had previously said it would consider sanctions on Putin himself to be a de facto severing of relations between the U.S. and Russia.
https://www.axios.com/putin-russia-ukraine-sanctions-82883e89-4e52-4ea0-be05-581f730a3631.html https://www.axios.com/putin-russia-ukraine-sanctions-82883e8...
- lamontcg 5y agoSeems like it sends a message that we have a problem with these particular guys, and we'd prefer to be talking to people representing Russia who aren't these particularly guys, however that might happen.