The sanctions come as G7 leaders are preparing to gather soon in Italy for a summit where the top priorities will be boosting support for Ukraine and grinding down Russia’s war machine.

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  • Valmond@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    That’s because they started a war economy, where the Kremlin finances lots of companies, which looks good on an economic sheet, but it’s only to make stuff getting used up in the war not to benefit russia itself which is disastrous for the long term russian economy.

    Imagine when the war is over, and tons of people are no longer working for russia but for a now defunded war machine…