Russia-Ukraine war: Are sanctions on Russia working?

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Sanctions on Russia were expected to strangle the country's economy and starve its war machine of funds, but as energy prices rocket Russia is seeing its revenues do the same. lindseyhilsum reports.

Sanctions on Russia were expected to strangle the country’s economy and starve its war machine of funds. While oligarchs may be feeling the pinch, the West has found it has precious few alternatives to Russian oil and gas to heat its homes and keep businesses running.

 

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lindseyhilsum If the EU ends up becoming energy independent, then Russia will clearly lose the battle. But that's up to the govts, using strategies like LNG (acquired from Qatar or UnitedStates), and fully dedicating themselves to build the renewables infrastructure.

lindseyhilsum It's all going well under Biden isn't it 😂😂😂

lindseyhilsum Come on .... Make journalism. Russia stopped all their economic reporting and are now only releasing 2-3 propped up numbers like the ruble rate. Meanwhile how is unemployment? Why are they starting dollar shops? Picking apart airplanes for spare parts? Var production down 97%

lindseyhilsum Just look at the live webcams all over Russia and it doesn't look like a country under seige to me.

lindseyhilsum The international rule based system wasn’t designed to be a controlling mechanism but focused on cooperation. Any levers used to hurt a major player ultimately backfires… magnification of the butterfly effect I suppose

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