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Re:Putin orders partial Russian mobilisation, warns West ove... by Andrew_nenakhov on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @11:55AM (#32926984)
Vendors are greedy and sanctions are relatively easy to dodge, especially if the customs are told not to interfere too thoroughly. If anything, Apple hardware in Russia now costs ~20% less than it did in January. iPhone 14 is already available, too. Maybe the situation will change in the future, but no sooner than when EU will stop buying oil and gas from Putin.
Re:Putin orders partial Russian mobilisation, warns West ove... by trasz on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @03:09PM (#32929978)
Vendors being greedy doesn't explain why they would risk losing access to a very profitable markets for a worthless one.

Sanctions are slow. Kazakhstan, for example, only blocked truck transit from EU to Russia a couple days ago.

Re:Putin orders partial Russian mobilisation, warns West ove... by Andrew_nenakhov on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @06:10PM (#32932230)
Vendors do not risk anything. They offload the shipment to a real buyer who then transports goods without vendor officially knowing anything. This buyer can very well be a company established for this one shipment, so no ends are ever found.

And regarding Kazakhstan and transit problems - it has nothing to do with sanctions. See this article with more or less coherent explanation of an issue [0] (it's in Russian but Google translate should help)

[0]: https://iz.ru/1397573/anastasiia-lvova-elnar-bainazarov/gruz...