The U.S. State Department announced new sanctions on Russian state media Friday, accusing a Kremlin news outlet of working hand-in-hand with the Russian military and running fundraising campaigns to pay for sniper rifles, body armor and other equipment for soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
While the outlet, RT, has previously been sanctioned for its work to spread Kremlin propaganda and disinformation, the allegations announced Friday suggest its role goes far beyond influence operations. Instead, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, RT is a key part of Russia’s war machine and its efforts to undermine its democratic allies.
More political theater, sanctions don’t do shit anymore.
Russia’s inflation is among the highest in the world, interest rates are also at the level of credit cards elsewhere in the world, China’s banks are refusing to take Roubles now, Putin is burning through the sovereign wealth fund. They definitely do something. If maintained, they can provide some of the biggest headwinds to the war outside of simply providing tons of weapons to Ukraine. They just aren’t the instant fix that many people expect them to be.
The US propaganda tell you that?
Ah, should have checked the instance before bothering. Wasting my time on conversations with .ml bots again.
If you’re aware of someone or a company violating sanctions, you can earn up to 20% of the fines as a whistleblower.
Considering the fines start from 100,000 per transaction, you could easily retire on a single report.
Username tracks with the current state of the Russian empire. Cheers.