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So this boils down to, these products are more expensive now that sanctions are in place, because middlemen are needed to circumvent the sanctions.
That translates to sanctions working exactly as intended right? It doesn’t matter if they still get the product as long as it’s costing them a lot more than it would before sanctions.
I can see where they’re coming from, sure. But assuming something with no proof doesn’t make any sense, to me at least.
I just found it such an odd thing to make an assumption over.