Russia Sanctions Debate

The cluster focuses on discussions about international economic sanctions against Russia, their impacts on business transactions, trade, and the Russian economy, including debates on effectiveness, circumvention, and potential backfiring.

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NATO SVO US DNS e.g HN POV MC VTB UAE sanctions russia russian china economy ukraine nato reserves trade north korea

Sample Comments

afiori Mar 13, 2022 View on HN

probably they are talking about how sanctions make making business with Russia difficult.

Seattle3503 Dec 1, 2025 View on HN

I'm surprised this is possible given the sanctions on Russia.

farseer Dec 17, 2025 View on HN

Sanctions against someone they need to contain Russia?

conk Mar 6, 2022 View on HN

It’s not picking sides it’s a result of economic sanctions. How are financial transactions going to clear when Visa/MC can’t transfer money in/out of Russia.

jariel Sep 3, 2020 View on HN

Russia would care tremendously if their resources were sanctioned.

The_Colonel Jan 3, 2024 View on HN

Russia is benefitting from the sanctions, China as well.If these are so beneficial, why didn't China / Russia institute this kind of import/export restrictions on their own? It sounds like cheap propaganda ...

ivan_gammel Jun 18, 2024 View on HN

China is already using this opportunity. Yuan is much more popular in Russia than rupee. As for sanctions, governments can shield the businesses from them - we have seen that before. Unless EU or USA want to sanction the entire China, the effects will be limited and won’t act as deterrent. This war has already been lost by the West.

malfist Jul 12, 2023 View on HN

> just becauseYou realize that russia is sanctioned right? That's like saying "X stopped selling parts to nuclear reactors just because the customer happened be to in north korea"

account42 Mar 8, 2022 View on HN

The "west" is quite aware that the people of Russia are unlikely to stop this out of the goodness of their hearts. That's why there are sanctions.

jrockway Mar 10, 2022 View on HN

Russia / sanctions, I'm guessing.