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by rsynnott 1573 days ago
> This was done by UN. Not by some random company against some individuals.

Before there were official sanctions, there were popular boycotts for years. Most countries only imposed sanctions right at the end.

(Of course, in this case, there are already state sanctions, and that may be weighing on various companies' decisions to terminate contracts; if nothing else it will likely become virtually impossible to actually _pay_ Russian vendors within days).