https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/11cq6f8/israeli_settlers_rampage_after_palestinian_gunman/ja5et9i/?context=3

One of the politicians most responsible for Putin believing that the West as a whole would just roll over for an invasion of Ukraine...I can't think of why Ukraine would not welcome him with open arms. /s

Not if the product isn't made in California. There might be a particular product importation ban, but that's not animal welfare - unless California thinks it can legislate animal husbandry practices in China.

Nothing says civilized nation like fining people for criticizing government policies.

The approach Russia generally takes is to act in ways that give them plausible deniability. Not believable deniability, but plausible deniability. Who was really convinced that the little green men invovled in Crimea in 2014 weren't Russian soldiers? That sort of thing generally makes it politically more difficult to respond because there are always groups of people who fall into one of two categories: blithering idiots, and the willfully blind. Combine those groups of people with the groups that would oppose any sort of reaction even if it was a deliberate and publicly announced act of war and it can be more difficult to react.

> The prospect of imported goods is also a new threat, say farmers’ groups.

> The Department of Agriculture has told local media there will be limits on imports to minimise the impact on local farmers

Limits on imports of a food product and subsequent shortage of that food product - is that how that supply and demand thing works?