> Sanctioning specific companies and specific individuals makes sense. Blanket bans is just venting your own steam in a counterproductive way.

Google has to respond to who the government sanctions. Russia has been sanctioned and it rightfully makes Google wary of doing business with them.

If you think sanctions are counterproductive, you can vote for the GOP, because people like Matt Gaetz are fighting to end the involvement of the US with the war but until that happens it's understandable that companies aligned with allied countries would become averse to hiring Russian nationals

Sanctions prohibit transactions with specific companies, banks, and a few other entities. They actually make a lot of economic sense, as they are designed to weaken the parts of the economy used to fund the Russian warfare.

Sanctions against private citizens in Russia would tangentially contribute by reducing the cash flow inside the country.

Targeting random people that are actually trying to leave the country is like what? You expect them to instead go take pitchforks and storm Putin's bunker? Or kill themselves out of shame? More likely, they'll find whatever employment there is inside the country and pays well, and chances are, it will be closely related to the Russian government.