“Putin is an aging autocrat, obsessed with the legacy of his rule, and that of the failure of the Soviet Union,” says Eronen. “Russia has been ravaged by Covid-19, and the future of its hydrocarbon export economy looks bleak.”
This economic weakness is where the West, if it remains united, may possibly be able to force Putin’s hand.
“His country has an economy roughly the same size as New York. If the West properly coordinated economic sanctions against him and against Russian business without fear, he would be backed into a corner very quickly,” says Bill Browder, a prominent American-born financier whose push for the Magnitsky Act sanctions has infuriated the Kremlin.
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“Putin is an aging autocrat, obsessed with the legacy of his rule, and that of the failure of the Soviet Union,” says Eronen. “Russia has been ravaged by Covid-19, and the future of its hydrocarbon export economy looks bleak.”
This economic weakness is where the West, if it remains united, may possibly be able to force Putin’s hand.
“His country has an economy roughly the same size as New York. If the West properly coordinated economic sanctions against him and against Russian business without fear, he would be backed into a corner very quickly,” says Bill Browder, a prominent American-born financier whose push for the Magnitsky Act sanctions has infuriated the Kremlin.
Western agitprop! And so naive!😃