Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | 12:54 WIB

Sanctions and the Russo-Ukraine War: Are They Working?

Jakarta, IO – Ever since the start of the conflict, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted unprecedented economic sanctions targeted at Russian oligarchs, banks, state-owned enterprises in the high-tech and energy sectors, as well as increasingly stringent bans on Russian fossil fuel imports in the USA and the EU. 

Yet the main objective of the sanctions–which is to inflict sufficient damage to the Russian economy to the point where Putin’s ability to wage war is compromised and therefore would force his hand to come to the negotiating table–has still not been met. 

Rather than making a dent in Moscow’s war chest, ironically the sanctions on Russia’s fossil fuel exports–which account for the lion’s share of Russia’s economy–have, at least for the time being, created a windfall. 

For now, Putin is the one benefiting from the sanctions while at the same time consumers around the world are suffering from the consequences of high rates of inflation and economic decline. 

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