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Old 03-12-2022, 12:26 PM  
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Originally Posted by k0nr4d View Post
But they WILL figure it out, because they have no choice but to figure it out. It's not re-inventing the wheel, i'm sure they have people that worked in the field and know how to do it. Maybe it will take a month, maybe 6, but they will figure it out. They were working on own CPU and stuff as well... they must have expected the sanctions - albeit maybe not so quickly - but they are in a better position then other countries should those other countries face similar sanctions.
They expected sanctions, but they completely underestimated how deep they would go. I don't even think the west expected everyone to rally over this. Also, Putin never expected he'd be cut off from the "war fund assets" he had stashed in other countries. Last I saw, Russia had lost access to 50% of its reserve funds outside of Russia They were actively searching and blocking it as they find it.
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