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How Putin Turned a Western Boycott Into a Bonanza (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm beginning to wonder if that wasn't the US's goal with the sanctions all along? They were less concerned about "stopping Russia" and more concerned about making their European vassals more dependent on them.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

why not both? stopping Russia from further ingratiating into the European supply chain and subsequently forcing them to rely on the US are two wings of the same bird to me

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