Koch Group: Drop Sanctions On Russian Businesses

Popular Info reports:

In an internal email obtained exclusively by Popular Information, Stand Together, the influential non-profit group run by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch, argues that the United States should seek to deliver a partial “victory” to Russia in Ukraine.

The email was sent to Stand Together staff by Dan Caldwell, the group’s Vice President of Foreign Policy, on March 16. The subject line was “An Update on Ukraine.”

Caldwell writes that “overly-broad sanctions rarely work as intended and often strengthen the authoritarian regimes.” Therefore, Stand Together only supports “aggressive and targeted sanctions against Russian leaders.”

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2. The email, sent 3/16 by @standtogether VP @dandcaldwell, says “overly-broad sanctions rarely work” and says sanctions should be limited to “targeted sanctions against Russian leader”

This would mean unilaterally lifting most sanctions against Russia https://t.co/dJCMzFTihF

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 6, 2022