What Sanctions? The Russian Economy Is Growing Again

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6. Hate to burst your bubble

but the sanctions are on Putin and a handful of oligarchs in his inner circle, not the Russian economy as a whole. The point isn't to cripple Russia's economy and ordinary folk but hurt the ability of Putin and his cronies to keep stashing the proceeds of their theft into Western banks. Bummer, I know.


Also, all that oil and natural gas from Crimea is profitable. Blood for oil. All hail the great and glorious empire of Russia.
Who cares how many people Russia killed. The dead Ukranians have been saved from a life tied to IMF loans, a fate worse than death according to the defenders of Russia's war and imperial land grab. One might be tempted to ask how people who claim to be anti-war could stump so regularly for war by Russia, but then of course we know they aren't anti-war at all. No one who is anti-war makes excuses to justify the murder of a people for profit and imperial bravado.