Re:US Sanctions Vladimir Putin
by 323 on Friday February 25, 2022 @08:50PM
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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 on Putin himself to be a de facto severing of relations between the U.S. and Russia.
Re:US Sanctions Vladimir Putin
by lamontcg on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:03PM
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Seems 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.
> 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-82883e8...