[address-policy-wg] RU goverment IP revoke

I agree with you.

However i still feel there is the need to discuss and check what actions
RIPE is supposed to take under the sanctions by EU.

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022, 08:48 Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com> wrote:

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> > On 1 Mar 2022, at 07:21, Mathias Westerlund <mathias.westerlund at wdmab.se>
> wrote:
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> > While i fully support ukraine in these tough times and can easily say i
> will do what i can against russia, i would like to remind you that there is
> a difference between talking about lawful sanctions and us implementing
> them versus outright cyber attack requests which at least i feel is not for
> this forum. No matter how justified.
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> I agree 100%.
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> The NCC *MUST* remain neutral no matter how much we oppose the attack on
> Ukraine.
>
> It's the start of a very slippery slope if we (for some definition of we)
> start taking decisions about who does and doesn't get numbering resources.
> Or freezing/withdrawing those that have already been allocated. [Apart from
> the usual sanctions when an LIR is in breach of the membership agreement,
> say by not paying.] Those decisions have to be taken elsewhere: ie the
> Dutch courts.
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> There's no need for the NCC to intervene here. Those who want to make life
> difficult for the Russian government can take their own decisions about
> which prefixes get advertised or dropped by their routers.
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