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I just don't understand what Western governments were thinking when they sanctioned Russian businesses.

"Hm, maybe if I put laws into the books that destroy the economy of a country and drives people in a certain geopolitical region into poverty, the countless innocent citizens that affected will realize what they did wrong! Wait, who am I actually targeting again?"

Oh wait.

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It's like they never looked at the effects of the Treaty of Versailles

Poverty and economic distress, deliberately exacerbated by the West, was what took down the USSR... and the fall of the USSR was one of the great achievements of the 2nd half of the 20th century.

Exactly, demonstrating how laughable the comments here are. Malware is somehow supposed to be worse than the far more painful sanctions, it's fascinating to see how detached from reality many commenters here are.

Both the sanctions and wiper malware targeting Russia are good things.

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