• andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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    21 days ago

    It’s hard to block all shipments, but those that come through get purchased with a heavy markup. I didn’t heard of these companies, but in consumer electronics I can still buy a lot of stuff from companies that aren’t working in Russia, but it would not only cost me an arm and a leg since ruble is a rubble right now, it would also mean additional costs from gray importers like in this article and our store chains compensating their losses by putting them onto consumers. A lot of money go to the middlemen and corruptioners, supporting their practices, so it’s probably not bad I guess.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pub
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      21 days ago

      Sounds like you’ve got a bone to pick to me. Sanctioning Russia is all the rage these days; it’s not like they’re the only ones doing it. I’d even go a step further and say everyone should be sanctioning Russia. The fact that the US also sanctions Russia is a good thing.

    • misk@sopuli.xyzOP
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      21 days ago

      Every empire is evil.

      Not everything empire does is evil.