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by tut-urut-utut 1580 days ago
What would stop Russia to retaliate in that case? Every western company property in Russia would become a fair game, including e.g Bidens son and his property in Ukraine.

It's not the game anyone would like to play.

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Nothing. But the value of the property they have likely outweighs the value of the property they have.
The west not having the stomach for any real sanctions that also hurt them in return is exactly why Putin was confident enough to start the invasion. The only way non-violent way to stop it (besides an internal uprising) is to make exactly to make it clear that Putin miscalculated.