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minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoNah Russia always uses the stick alongside the carrot.
minus-squareBeemo Dinosaurierfuß@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoWrong. They are absolutely willing to use either one single if the other isn’t available. And taking russian money pretty much becomes a stick in and of itself.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoYeah once you take any money in secret, they have the threat of revealing you took secret money.
Nah Russia always uses the stick alongside the carrot.
Wrong.
They are absolutely willing to use either one single if the other isn’t available.
And taking russian money pretty much becomes a stick in and of itself.
Yeah once you take any money in secret, they have the threat of revealing you took secret money.