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I have been trying to understand just how all of the dire threats the USA is making towards Russia might actually be implemented. Russia's foreign trade with the USA is very small and Russia's economy is not vulnerable to anything over which the USA has monopoly control except, currently, for the international payments settling system. What am I missing?

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Apr 26th, 2014 at 01:20:34 PM EST

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