General knowledge refresher published this article page no 41 with the shift of economic power from west to east experts suggest that absolute and frequent sanctions by the west may put the financial leverage of these countries at risk in the long run. as a result these countries now resort to selective sanctions. recent us sanctions against russia is one such example. the us imports approximately 96% of the countrys potassium fertilizer from russia and relies on russia and its allies kazakhstan and uzbekistan for roughly half of the uranium powering its nuclear plants. imports of neither the potassium fertilizer nor the uranium is on the sanction list. also ban on russias crude oil and gas accounts for only 8% of uss imports general knowledge refresher magazine subscription.
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