# Russian Sanctions: Which investments affected?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 7, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-sanctions-which-investments-affected/683110 "2014-03-07T14:29:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-sanctions-which-investments-affected/683110/1 "2014-03-07T14:29:57Z")

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Which investments ( stocks, bonds, or mutual funds) will be most affected by US sanctions against Russia?

Conversely, which investments (stocks, bonds, or mutual funds) will be affected by Russia impounding US/European Assets?

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-sanctions-which-investments-affected/683110/2 "2014-03-07T15:58:52Z")

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[US Exports to Russia.](http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/product/enduse/exports/c4621.html)

[US imports from Russia.](http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/product/enduse/imports/c4621.html)

[Balance of trade between US and Russia.](http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c4621.html)  
ETA: Sorry… I guess your question was about stocks and bonds, not traded goods. But I’ll leave the cites I found because they’re still kind of interesting.