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Originally Posted by chernaudi
Sanctions are related to them being favored/liked by Putin and Putin trying to influence goings ons in Ukraine (though to be fair, the US/EU/NATO are doing the same thing). Stuff like this is why I think that independent countries deserve their own right to self determination on what policy, if any, they favor. And not be pushed around by other powers that see them as little more than a political pawn or buffer.
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Yeah, it's a LOT more than just being liked and favored. Funding paramilitary action, illegal market activity against competition and multiple other major international law violations. It's not an internal self determination thing, oh and most of his money is taken out of the country making it international concerns