US Sanctions Spree Continues With 15 More For Russian Entities (theregister.com)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/26/2031206/us-sanctions-spree-continues-with-15-more-for-russian-entities
- Source link: https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/26/us_sanctions_russian_entities/
> It's sanctions central at the US Treasury this week as a [1]further 15 are slapped on organizations and individuals in Russia . The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 13 organizations and two individuals -- all concerning financial services organizations, including cryptocurrency exchanges that offered services to already-sanctioned dark web marketplaces in Russia, and those who helped run them. Five of the 13 freshly designated entities were also controlled by individuals who were already sanctioned. The latest round of trade restrictions were placed on those who are believed to have helped evade existing US sanctions.
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> "Many of the individuals and entities designated today facilitated transactions or offered other services that helped OFAC-designated entities evade sanctions," an OFAC statement read. "These designations build upon OFAC's February 23, 2024 action to target companies servicing Russia's core financial infrastructure and curtail Russia's use of the international financial system to further its war against Ukraine." They follow the [2]initial seven sanctions announced on Monday, all relating to Chinese nationals and members of Beijing's APT31 offensive cyber outfit.
[1] https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/26/us_sanctions_russian_entities/
[2] https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/25/2125211/us-uk-announce-sanctions-over-china-linked-election-hacks
Why not 500? (Score:2)
Why not sanction 500, or even 1000 at a time? 15,000? Let's cast a wide net, and then redact as necessary. This is one of those rare cases where "shoot first, ask questions later" is probably a valid solution.
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Every time I hear about more sanctions I'm puzzled that they didn't go scorched earth when the war first started.
Sanctions (Score:2)
I don't recall any time in history where US sanctions have changed the behavior of an enemy, ever.
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They 'contributed' to bringing people to the table in the past, but they were employed properly at that time. Against small nations and/or against the Communist bloc that was demonstrably economically weaker than the US-led West. This is no longer how things are done, and no longer the case.
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/shrug.
Fuck around and find out. The noose will only get tighter
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I wouldn't discount them just yet. Does Russia still sell the products we sanction? Yes. Sure they do. We don't control the behaviour of other countries. But it means that they have to sell at heavily discounted prices because they need that money and can't really find any takers for their very one-dimensional exports.
One can argue that China is profiting heavily from this, since they got Russia by the balls and they sure know it.
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Wasn't the blockading of the South a major factor in their economic downfall ?
Russia sucks (Score:2)
1. In spite of them torturing terrorists, they are still the number 1 most terrorist attacked indiustrial nation. The Moscow subway (the same one Tucker Carlson said was way better than anything in America), for example, has been bombed 3 times in the last 20 years. Republicans are saying "we should torture, like the Russians do" .. yet it's only made them more of a target. Torture is never OK, independent of it being beneficial or not .. but Russia shows that being a torturer doesn't pay.
2. Going by the ho
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This message was brought to you courtesy of RT.
In other words: Shut up, Ivan.
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I wholeheartedly endorse your post.
- Vlad's other sock.
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Looking forward to reality-based government again sometime in the future.
So not the criminal con artist who wears makeup?
Russia is so weak they were warned of an impending attack two weeks ago, given actionable information, and their "security" services (more like security circus) STILL didn't do anything. As a result, over 140 Russians dead (that we know. Knowing the muscovite midget the real number will never be known).
and the sanctions are having very little effect on Russia
If sanctions aren't working