Comments by "" (@badluck5647) on "How RUSSIA Plays with the WEST? - VisualPolitik EN" video.

Let's look at your examples: *Buying blackmarket parts and using third party mechanics to service their jets cost significantly more than just buying parts from the manufacturer. *Buying washing machines to get computer chips means Russia has to pay a cut to a shady middleman and they have to buy an entire washing machine just for a single part. That means every chip they need costs way more money. Sanctions don't stop trade, but they make it ridiculously expensive.
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@1wun1 It depends on the goal. Are sanctions designed to get Russia to pull out? That has failed. Is it to reduce Russian oil revenue and to increase the cost of their military production? Yes, Russia is discounting their oil and spending 30% more to produce military equipment than without sanctions.
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@alvarorecobo821 Washing machine sales in Kazakhstan up 600% since Russia has been sanctioned. Ukrainians have been opening up Russian missles and tanks and finding components of dishwasher and refrigerators.
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@neilnelson7603 America has funded Iraq longer, and we actually like the Ukrainians. The EU also has economic interests in helping their biggest neighbor.
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@neilnelson7603 Biden abandoned Afghanistan to the Taliban, and the world forgot about in a week. We fund Iraq because it's in our strategic interests. With Ukraine being on the doorstep of the EU, it will always be in the Wesr's strategic interest to support Ukraine.
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@ncheedxx0109 If there was only a time in history where a failing war resulted in a Russian revolution.
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