Let them eat "Sanctions" ?
]succinct enough : will these measures help, or hurt the FSU families who struggle? VITALY PORTNIKOV Journalist All entries of the author Original published in " Krym.Realii " The extension of European Union sanctions against the Russian Federation passed so casually that it is not even got in the news. Most discussions about this extension at the last EU summit almost was not. And this despite the fact that until recently, on the eve of the previous extension, seemed to prolong the sanctions for the last time. I would say - every time an extension was seen as the last. But this year there were significant changes in the sanctions stories. The West has imposed sanctions against the Russian occupation of Crimea and after the outbreak of war in the Donbas. Introduced for a flagrant violation of international law. Introduced to destabilize the situation in Ukraine. But while most of the European Union or the Unit...