From Siberia on Sanctions

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  This is common knowledge that the US and its satellites including EU, Canada, and Australia imposed heavy sanctions on Russia. On March 10 2022, Jen Psaki, the White House press-secretary (the erudite woman most respected here, in Tuva) proclaimed that the sanctions "have basically crushed the Russian economy" (https://www.foxnews.com/world/psaki-we-have-basically-crushed-the-russian-economy). At the same time the BBC reporters interviewed people in Moscow to find that "Millions of Russians ... are starting to feel the effect of Western economic sanctions" and "Russians feel the pain" (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60558731). (Note that BBC blocked access for users with Russian ip addresses. Use vpn if you are from Russia)

   Nevertheless, some radicals declare that the sanctions have had no effect at all. The other day, Mr Verhofstadt, the former Belgian prime minister and incumbent member of European Parliament, stated that a fifth set of sanctions "doesn't work". (https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1592182/Verhofstadt-EU-plenary-russia-sanctions-gas-oil-ukraine-vn). One of the Belgian reporters echoes Verhofstadt saying that everyday life of ordinary Russians hasn't changed to the worse (https://www.rtbf.be/article/un-oeil-sur-le-monde-vers-quoi-se-dirige-la-russie-en-2023-11130570).

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