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U.S. Threatens 'Crippling' Sanctions For Russia Amid Fears Of Pending Ukraine Invasion (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Feb 2022
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Indeed, they are raising the price of oil, not cutting themselves off from the markets.
L. Coyote
Feb 2022
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cab67
(2,963 posts)1. serious question-
Can anyone point me to an example of a country that actually changed course because of economic sanctions?
I mean - beyond harming individual citizens, do they actually work?
mopinko
(69,806 posts)2. south africa
marie999
(3,334 posts)3. Russia is not ready to invade Ukraine yet if it is even going to do it.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)4. Indeed, they are raising the price of oil, not cutting themselves off from the markets.
Their goal is not to destroy their revenue flow, it is to increase profits. Russia has higher extraction and delivery cost than their competitors, they need to prop up the market to avoid becoming a failed state.
marie999
(3,334 posts)5. The the US media is helping them.