www.zerohedge.com By Tyler Durden
Just a day ahead of the much anticipated Russia-US-NATO Monday talks to be held in Geneva, Washington is already signaling it doesn’t expect any breakthroughs. This as the Biden administration continues piling on threats and leverage for its corner, over the weekend ramping up rhetoric on the ‘option’ of imposing strict export controls on Russia.
Such controls would involve curbs on sensitive technology and electronics, according to Reuters, in the scenario of Putin ordering an offensive into Ukraine. This would include, according to an official who spoke to Reuters, “measures to deprive Russia of microelectronics made with or based on U.S. software or technology.”
Prior anti-Russia sanctions have up to this point only focused on individuals and government-linked entities, for example officials believed responsible for the persecution of Alexei Navalny, or firms working on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
