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Happy Hoosier

(9,105 posts)
7. Good words. Let's see the details.
Tue Feb 22, 2022, 10:55 AM
Feb 2022

The sanctions must be severe and punishing or Russia will just ride them out. Putin has calculated that he can withstand the costs. The costs need to exceed his expectations by some significant margin.

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EU statement on Sanctions: [View all] Tomconroy Feb 2022 OP
Excellent! 👏👏👏👏 SheltieLover Feb 2022 #1
Link? littlemissmartypants Feb 2022 #2
Link Tomconroy Feb 2022 #4
Thank you. ❤ littlemissmartypants Feb 2022 #5
I'm not sure it's clear what or who these EU "appropriate bodies" Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #3
Looks like they are doing that now, though. wnylib Feb 2022 #9
Germany's statement re: the statement Tomconroy Feb 2022 #6
Good words. Let's see the details. Happy Hoosier Feb 2022 #7
True. Russia has had plenty of time wnylib Feb 2022 #10
We can hope this is a fatal mistake for Pootie HAB911 Feb 2022 #8
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2022 #11
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