Sanctions against Moscow for its violation of international law in Ukraine are important and worth maintaining as a statement of what the West stands for, even if they won’t change the policy of a dictator unlikely to be swayed by the impact they have on his people and may even allow him for a time at least to mobilize them on an anti-Western basis.
Even if they won’t change Putin’s policies, sanctions matter; ending them would be disaster
By Ukrainian Weekly Editor4 Mins Read