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Russian can and will import those chips from somewhere else

• VWWHFSfQ 5y ago
  Where else? People always seem to say flippant things like this as if it's really as easy as just "oh they'll get them from somewhere else then". Maybe it really is that easy. I don't know. But Yandex isn't buying computers off Newegg anymore. That's for sure.
  • adam_arthur 5y ago
    China, for one. What's to stop them from buying AMD and reselling to Russia? Though it will still increase cost to Russia with another middle man involved.
    • pdpi 5y ago
      That is not without costs, in terms of both time and money. And I'm sure Russia doesn't particularly want to increase its dependency on China either.
      • Finnucane 5y ago
        They do want that. It’s part of their backup plan for being cut off from the West. That’s why Putin made a big show of meeting with Xi just before the invasion.
        • selimthegrim 5y ago
          Not as a supplicant though.