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You need a large alignment to have any real effect. Even the things we may need from them we can buy from another country that bought from them. Russia doesn't
by mrits 5y ago
You need a large alignment to have any real effect. Even the things we may need from them we can buy from another country that bought from them. Russia doesn't have the political network to prevent this from happening.
- lambdasquirrel 5y agoThe catch is that a lot of these exports are bulk goods, which are sensitive to transport cost. It's why, for example, Russia exports so much gas to Germany. It's not for nothing that a large swath of the EU became dependent on Russian energy and wheat.
- mrits 5y agoIf this was about Gas to EU it would be a much bigger issue. The article is about what is being sanctioned though.