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Austoman t1_j167yxq wrote

People have been protesting in varying quantities and timeframes all year in Russia. There is still a sizable amount of people who are willing to fight back against Putin in Russia. Letting the wealthy escape sanctions by fleeing to unsanctioned countries defeats part of the purpose of saod sanctions.

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Grouchy_Occasion2292 t1_j16nkaa wrote

Yeah exactly. It's not like these are poor Russians these are going to be very rich people who actually need to face the consequences of something that they are responsible for.

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ChallyPrime t1_j16qnb2 wrote

There are people with the clothes on their back crossing borders. Haven't you seen videos of checkpoints? Most people aren't oligarchs.

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