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lucketonetoday at 7:45 AM2 repliesview on HN

- Economic growth slows down under sanction.

- removing their leverage over you is also good.

Even if regime will not change, it will be weaker


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Saline9515today at 8:52 AM

Sanctions also affect population and create indirect deaths and suffering in the civilian population.

I guess that, just like Madeleine Albright, you believe that 500k Iraqi children death caused by US sanctions were "worth it"? (US still wanted to invade after, proof that sanctions worked!)

https://www.newsweek.com/watch-madeleine-albright-saying-ira...

ajsnigrutintoday at 8:55 AM

But they just became more independent.

Germany stills needs and wants russian energy, because they're overpaying a lot currently, but russians don't need the german paper industry anymore.