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Stonehedge-
I have a feeling sanctions are not working. There is just so much wealth in Ruzzia that they do not have to worry about restrictions to trade. Too many loopholes are provided. EU should void all the russian visas and really restrict movement of ruzzian money. Let Ruzzia become a pariah state like North Korea and transport those that have tasted the life in the evil West back.
Rox
This is the thing. Putler is dying soon and the rest of the goons are just waiting to grab the power. If we let them it is easy to blame everything on the senile old man. The sad thing is nothing changes. There have been fascists like Vladimir Žirinovski for as long as I remember in Russia. For a long time they were on the fringes. In lot of ways it is the same mechanism that brought Trump into power. You have a crumbling empire and the people try to find ways to hold on to country's glorious past. Unfortunately this means this time Ruzzia will need to be dismantled more throroughly than what happened in 90s and the change needs to come from within.