Can you imagine tracking every cup of coffee or hamburger purchase for currency gains or loses at time of transaction? (Nightmare) Let lightning ⚡️(etc) do its thing.
@CelseAstro @alchemist3978 In short, to give Africa as an example, instead of saying that the people, who have been unable to meet their basic needs for years, made the wrong decision. It would be right to blame the actors who openly exploited those people for years.
Blocking trade with Russians is bad. Russians aren't going to rise up stage a coup. What's going to happen is everyone who relied on international trade -- artists, devs, lawyers -- will become dependent on the state, maybe even take jobs supporting the invasion in order to eat.
Starlink has been told by some governments (not Ukraine) to block Russian news sources. We will not do so unless at gunpoint.
Sorry to be a free speech absolutist.