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![joequant Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::45808758.png) Joequant [@joequant](/creator/twitter/joequant) on x 1178 followers
Created: 2025-07-21 04:42:02 UTC

@robin_j_brooks @FrensWuiMade @yieldsearcher The big reason that people transship to Russia is to get around banking sanctions and not customs.  So if I am a Chinese exporters  and Putin wants to buy iPhones, no bank in HK will touch the money.  So I get an order from UAE.  I don't  know  (or care)  if the order


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