Sanctions on Russia are not necessarily to crush its economy but because the US and some other countries find it immoral to trade with a country that is actively performing genocide on people of another country. They don't want their money to be used to kill women and children - as Russia is doing.
But when it comes to the Russian economy, I have heard that the sanctions will come into full effect this year.
But when it comes to the Russian economy, I have heard that the sanctions will come into full effect this year.
Quote:Russia's export revenues are set to come under fresh pressure in 2023 as Western and Japanese sanctions on Russian oil come into full effect.
The Group of Seven major economies will expand an oil embargo beyond crude to include Russian oil products from Feb. 5.
Analysts say this could lead to a reduction in Russian oil output of up to 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in the first quarter of 2023.
An official forecast sees Russia's output of oil products falling sharply this year to 230 million tonnes from 272 million, according to a senior Russian source.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rus...023-01-17/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
