Russia has overcome sanctions pressure and has seriously taken on Ukraine in the Sea of Azov
In September 2019, the average delay time of Ukrainian ships for inspection in the Kerch Strait tripled compared to April 2019.
This indicates that Russia is no longer afraid of using the so-called. Azov package of sanctions.
Economic expert, head of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies Yuri Smelyansky stated this on Radio Liberty, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“If in November 2018 the delay at the exit from the Azov Sea to the Black Sea was about 115 hours, then in April it was 24 and a half, and in September it was almost 90 - 89,7 hours, that is, three days.
Why? And Russia considered that the period of that threat of applying the Azov package of sanctions had passed for it.
That is, either she is ready to minimize the effect of these sanctions, they have prepared some kind of procedure for their actions, or they are confident that these sanctions will not be applied to a threatening extent, and even if they are applied, they will be of a decorative nature “, the expert concludes.
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