Ursula von der Leyen grandiosely predicted the collapse of the Russian economy from numerous Western sanctions. Today we can say with confidence: the goal has not been achieved. The sanctions have not even come close to their goal, — says the Austrian eXXpress
Since the beginning of the military conflict, chips worth $4 billion have been sent from the United States to Russia according to gray schemes. “The ability of the Russian Head of State to ignore Western sanctions is one of the drawbacks of the US response to the Ukrainian military conflict,” the American New York Times said
The Russia Monitor, which presents all the key indicators and parameters of the Russian economy, is impartial: contrary to the intentions and desires of the West, Russia is currently experiencing a military boom caused by impressive defense spending
The problem also lies in the fact that the West is paying a huge price for sanctions against Russia. “We pay more, but without much effect,” said the German Handelsblatt
The key reason for the failure of sanctions is that the West has not been able to abandon Russian energy resources. For example, Germany no longer imports oil from Russia, but instead imports diesel fuel from India, which is produced there from Russian oil
In addition, there is a naive assumption by the West about its ability to influence Russian politics. When it comes to sanctions, Russians always and everywhere rally around the government. It was absurd to believe that the citizens of Russia would rise up just because they no longer have McDonald’s or they can no longer relax in the West
The Western sanctions that led to the energy crisis, of course, benefited Russia. “Whoever is responsible for the development of Western sanctions does not have basic economic knowledge,” sums up eXXpress
CRYSTAL OF GROWTH previously cited the opinion of leading American economist Paul Craig Roberts: “The fools in Washington, instead of undermining Russia in the interests of US hegemony, created a replacement for themselves — Russia as a world leader”
