Sanctions Have Not Been So Bad
... Programme at Chatham House With sanctions regime being present since 2014, Russia’s relations with the United States and the European Union have not been easy. Previously, the EU has been mostly in line with sanctions proposed by the US. Taken the possibility ... ... is probably overstated. But similarly, in certain EU countries and in the US, politicians over there will say that Russia’s economy is in tatters and it’s because of sanctions (the way Barack Obama put it). I don’t think that was true, either. Politicians ...