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Re:US imposes sanctions on Russia over cyber-attacks by sudosysgen on Thursday April 15, 2021 @10:58AM (#26821266)
At this point, Russia is already maximally sanctioned, so really this is more like posturing by the US.
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Re:US imposes sanctions on Russia over cyber-attacks by jlmorton on Thursday April 15, 2021 @11:23AM (#26821573)
In what world is Russia maximally sanctioned? Compare sanctions In Iran to Russia and I think you'll find Russia is barely sanctioned at all.
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Re:US imposes sanctions on Russia over cyber-attacks by sudosysgen on Thursday April 15, 2021 @11:26AM (#26821602)
The Russian economy crashed around as much as Iran's. But as it is Russia-US trade is basically zero.

Russia simply cannot be targeted by secondary sanctions though. It's just a much bigger economy that has a much bigger impact in worldwide trade. So the maximum possible extent before governments start clamping down on secondary sanctions is much lower.

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