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• Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  From the article:

  For context, Steam currently doesn’t allow direct purchases by Russian players, in accordance with western sanctions, so Russian buyers have to make use of workarounds such as third-party key resellers.

  Btw, I knew this before reading the article. Do a web search around how these workarounds operate (the example cited by RPS isn’t the only one,).

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  • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There are no ‘Western sanctions’ that prohibit from selling stuff to all Russians. Visa and MasterCard stopped doing cross-border transactions by their own decision, and most Russian banks are cut off from SWIFT. That’s all, aside from more individual and sector-specific sanctions.

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    • Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      How does that contradict what I said?

      You think living in Ukraine, I would be aware of the exact scope of sanctions against russia (and the massive loopholes)?

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      • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Are you aware of what you yourself wrote in the original comment?

        Russia is sanctioned and they are not supposed be able to make purchases at all.

        Explain to me why they’re supposed to not be able to make purchases.

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