Senior US officials tell CNN they are disappointed US-led sanctions haven’t had a bigger impact so far on the Russian economy and are now predicting that the harshest effects probably won’t materialize until early next year at the earliest.
Export controls have also largely choked off Russia’s ability to manufacture new technology and weapons, and Russia has recently turned to Iran and North Korea for equipment like drones and ammunition. “We expected the decline might be a little harsher, but they’re masking it,” said a source familiar with western intelligence, explaining that western officials believe the Russians are manipulating statistics and being “held up for now” by high energy prices.
And a long cold 🥶 winter is on it’s way so that the counter impact of imposing sanctions be experienced…
Many GOP Republican have business interests in Russia. Oil, energy, and other sectors. Not a shocker the GOP didn’t want to bite the hand that feeds them.
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They'll keep saying 'it's coming' until something else causes it - then they can take credit. Their sanctions had minimal external effect but a massive internal one.
Sanctions that are on schedule to take effect years from now aren't sanctions, they're useless political posturing.
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So, they’re disappointed that the Russian people, who already have it pretty bad with such an authoritarian government, aren’t suffering more? Shameful. Sanctions don’t work, they only make life worse for average people. That’s been proven repeatedly.
Agree. Harsher sanctions needed. Putrid must feel pain if he feels at all
What is the difference between sanctions 0n Russia and sanctions on Iran? Here in Srilanka can't import fuel or crude oil, because can't pay in dollars, but that problem is not with Russia. We import from them paying in dollars without any problem. Problem is to import no $.
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Sanctions are useless as toilet paper.
Sanctions suffer only common people who are not responsible for this war. Instead common Russians agitated against this war at initial time. US should have tried to bring both Ukraine & Russia in an understanding by showing a neutral position.
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It's just like WWI, the first year or two they were able to manage, by the third year, their soldiers were eating raw meat from wildlife and literally running into German machine gun fire unarmed, the fourth year they joined into the civilian food riots & openly refused to fight
With countries like Turkey circumventing the sanctions this is not a surprise.
sanctions dont work, especially when china ignores them
At least Europe will freeze over. Tks Biden.. doing great we’re here for u baby - why should we care about the ppl in the EU! Lol
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The sanctions are also plunging the rest of the world into misery and creating an acute energy crisis in Europe
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The sanctions backfired spectacularly; Russia benefited from the political actions taken against them. But a lot of people are making a lot of money in Ukraine, so who cares who is destroyed and who dies, right?