Sounds like a lot... but then, that's only 2-3 days or so worth of interest payments by US Treasury.

I was meaning to revisit some old digging I did re: how the Brits implemented sanctions in WWI. Every tool in the sanctioneers book seems to descend from that. Also, GBP didn't fare so well after WWI.

Politics_And_Law

econ

Kremlin Gets Around Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Rules (Financial Times)

denlillaapan

> 6.9bn

Sounds like a lot... but then, that's only 2-3 days or so worth of interest payments by US Treasury. 

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I was meaning to revisit some old digging I did re: how the Brits implemented sanctions in WWI. Every tool in the sanctioneers book seems to descend from that. Also, GBP didn't fare so well after WWI.