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U.S. Threatens Punishing Sanctions on Russia
January 29, 2022 at 1:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 9 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/01/29/u-s-threatens-punishing-sanctions-on-russia/
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The most punishing sanctions that U.S. officials have threatened to impose on Russia could cause severe inflation, a stock market crash and other forms of financial panic that would inflict pain on its people from billionaires to government officials to middle-class families, the New York Times reports.
U.S. officials vow to unleash searing economic measures if Russia invades Ukraine, including sanctions on its largest banks and financial institutions, in ways that would inevitably affect daily life in Russia.
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applegrove
(118,913 posts)pwb
(11,314 posts)to be Called out on all the shit he is doing here and around the world. Fuck with our people we fuck with yours. Fugum.
kacekwl
(7,027 posts)couple of years ? Why don't we, NATO countries put sanctions on Putin and leave them there until he stops being an asshole ? I'm serious, this gets stupid with Putin, North Korea etc. all the time. Let their people put pressure on their leaders to knock it off.
marie999
(3,334 posts)Nato becomes the aggressor. Russia has a right as every country has of placing its troops anywhere they want in their own country.