[JSavageOne]

Although I strongly despise Russia's (Putin's) war and agree that they need to be punished, I feel sorry for the non-oligarch Russians abroad in foreign countries who will suddenly be unable to pay with their Russian cards, as well as foreigners in Russia who can no longer use their credit cards.

Ultimately the legitimacy of these sanctions come down to how effective they will be in influencing a favorable outcome - ie. pressuring Putin to end the war. Unfortunately Russia is not a democracy - it's a country where you get arrested for protesting, and practically a dictatorship where Putin has been running the country for the last 20+ years. Thus I'm not sure how effective these blanket sanctions will be in changing things, and Putin has so far showed no signs of backing down. But I sure hope I'm wrong. This invasion is completely unjustified, and Putin must be stopped (without escalating to WWIII).

[hnthrway]

If they don't work they are one big, tragic fuckup that have pushed Russia and Russians further away from us and set us up for war