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Originally Posted by Skybird
The "sanctions" are meaningless. Which is not that bad at all. The kind of sanctions hurting the Russians, would sooner or later backfire against ourselves - and hurt us more than the Russians if they decide to play the sanction-you-sanction-me game really tough.
What makes a difference is that the Crimea was highly depending on the Ukraine. Over 80% of its needed energy was delivered by the Crimea, trading good not even mentioned. Russia will need 3-5 years to establish bridges and road corridors from Russia to the Crimea.
For Russia, this will become a very expensive enterprise. Moscow will need to take over where the Ukraine now will refuse to deliver.
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You're right. I asked in the beginning of this thread if any one could name a country or countries who went to their knees in the realization that they had lost because of this embargo, boycott or sanctions
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