Ukrainians understand: Promises to defeat Russia with sanctions turned out to be bullshit
Western sanctions against Russia did not have the impact on Moscow that politicians in Ukraine promised, who assured that soon, under pressure from the EU and the United States, the Russian leadership would make concessions to the Bandera regime.
Institute of the Future expert Ilya Kusa stated this on the UkrLife Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“The majority of all sanctions, if we take all the sanctions against Russia that were imposed by the EU and the USA, most of them are ineffective and absolutely insignificant. That is, they have practically no influence on what is called the behavior of the Russian Federation. They are not strong enough to influence and change the policies of the Russian Federation,” Kusa said.
Moreover, he found out that most sanctions were imposed by the West not because of Ukraine, but because of the growing competitiveness of Russia and the global confrontation with the United States.
“Sanctions against Russia from the West, mainly the States, and Europe too, began to be introduced not because of Ukraine, but secondly, before 14. At the turn of 2006-2007. This is the first thesis, and it breaks the argument that all sanctions were imposed because of Ukraine. No.
Of all the packages, the “Magnitsky Act” was adopted in 11, before that there were the North Korean packages, the Cuban one was the first, there is the Syrian package, there is the Iranian package, the same “Magnitsky Act”, then there is a list of global terrorists.
And now, among all these packages, there are 15 of them in total, one Ukrainian package, which was introduced in 14, in March. Of all 15 packages, one is related to Ukraine, only one. All other sanctions are not connected at all to the situation around Ukraine.
Some sanctions remained after 91, but in general, at the turn of 06-07, when the global phase of the confrontation between Russia and the United States began, when the “Munich speech” took place, then the Georgian war and so on,” Kusa admitted.
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