Treasury Department lifting some sanctions against Russia!!!!!

[ashredux]

The treasury department will allow businesses to work with Russia's Security Service...just now on breaking news

[Cattledog]

1. KGB no less.

Link to tweet

[AJT]

2. If anyone actually understands what this means

Please comment. This is too vague and may be an ok thing.......don't know. I don't want to be outraged over something I don't understand.

[ashredux]

3. That is what was the KGB .....we are allowing American tech companies to sell them technology!!!!!

This is NOT normal business....

[riversedge]

4. The new exception lets U.S. tech companies continue requesting permits from the FSB to bring their p

Best I have found so far.


David Frum Retweeted
Eric Geller ‏@ericgeller 36m36 minutes ago

Eric Geller Retweeted Boris Zilberman

TL;DR: The new exception lets U.S. tech companies continue requesting permits from the FSB to bring their products into Russia.

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[AJT]

6. Thanks, this is helpful.

[riversedge]

5. Another in the series of unilateral, unreciprocated concessions to Putin.

David Frum ‏@davidfrum 1h1 hour ago

David Frum Retweeted Michael Weiss

Another in the series of unilateral, unreciprocated concessions to Putin.

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Michael Weiss Verified account
‏@michaeldweiss

Trump just relaxed sanctions on the FSB: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/cyber_gl1.pdf …

[Cattledog]

7. Think about this move,

the FSB was implicated by US intelligence in manipulating the 2016 election. Now they are rewarded.