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But the Reuters review of Russian customs data found that since the invasion, the declared value of semiconductor imports by Russia has, in fact, risen sharply.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-russia-tech-middlemen/
What a giant waste time and effort. I'm sure Western leaders and CEOs knew this would happen but couldn't pass up the chance to virtue signal.
It's not just tech imports either, Russia is having no problem making money from energy exports. Sanctions never work.