Gee.
it means that, when Russia decides to go to war, Putin doesn’t care about blockades either.
Regardless of what you think about Putin, Ukraine has been in Russia’s “sphere of influence” for the last 350 years. Imagine if a large economic bloc of Mexico and Latin America tried to divide California from the USA? What would your reaction be?
Why is anyone surprised by Putin’s actions?
If a people are ruled for centuries under various guises of totalitarianism—the Czars, the Soviets, Putin—do they lose their will to resist?
let’s see....import bans hurt the average joe....and Trump wants to....(oh, never mind)
What’s that old saying about trying the same thing over and over expecting different results? During the Cold War we only banned the export of items with military applications to the Soviet Union. It was the Soviets themselves who banned the importation of goods from the West. I guess Putin thinks the laws of economics are different now.
I don’t much care if Russians suffer under Putin. They seem to like it.
Not even Trump is polling that high.
Destroying perfectly good things that already been produced?
Does Putin think he is FDR?