[sudosysgen]

The US already imposed basically all the sanctions it can without just straight up trying to fuck over the Russian people as much as possible (the Russian people still got pretty fucked by sanctions already). Because of previous sanctions the Russian economy has a high degree of independence now and impact of sanctions is pretty limited.

[thisisnico]

I believe Russia had signed a deal with China to trade in their own currencies, as Russia attempts to fully de-dollarize their economy and trade. This was done since 2015 when the initial sanctions where applied.

[sudosysgen]

Indeed. Additionally, a lot of Europe and much of the world is not going to be willing to let US secondary sanctions be applied against Russia.

[throw4738]

Russian citizens can still visit US! They could be spies who try to sabotage US economy. You can still stop them!

[sudosysgen]

I don't know if you're trying to be sarcastic, but I'll assume good faith - the goal of US sanctions is to destroy the Russian economy as much as possible to weaken Russia. Russian citizens coming to the US is good for the goal of weakening the Russian economy.

Russian spooks would find a way into the US no matter what.

[throw4738]

No I am serious.

If I visit Iran, I can not go to USA. I think US should apply the same rules, and cleanse themselves from all Russian influence. All Russian developers, tech, companies...

Also do the same for China...

[sudosysgen]

If you go to Iran, you certainly can go to the USA after. You just need to ask for a new passport, and the US will never know what happened.

These sanctions aren't about influence. It's really just about trying to weaken Russian economically. The US government seems to think that Russian and Chinese influence is not that big of a problem, and they are probably right.