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Old 04-12-2022, 09:36   #2183
jfman
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy View Post
Bet you felt terrible for the oligarchs to
Not particularly, anyone with that amount of wealth almost certainly hasn’t acquired it legitimately.

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Russian citizens abroad, in the employ of the Russian Government, are fair game to be targets for economic sanctions…

Article 29 of the VCDR states that:

It doesn’t state you have to sell/supply them with goods and services - in fact, I can’t find anything in the VCDR that states that…

https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instr...s/9_1_1961.pdf
And what of Russian citizens in need of consular assistance? Collateral damage?

The self same people we think should rise up and overthrow Putin we are inconveniencing, ironically providing evidence for the Russian propaganda machine along the way.
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