The Russian Federation continues to earn oil and gas trade: sanctions do not help weaken Putin's army

On February 24, European officials finally came about Russia, but now it is very difficult to suppress this monster, and some EU countries continue to buy large volumes of gas and oil from the occupiers, says political scientist Mikhail Samus. Russia has been able to support and even expand and build up its military potential because of the poor efficiency of sanctions from our Western partners, and this trend has been going on since 2014.

Mikhail Samus, director of the network of new geopolitical research, told this in an interview with focus. According to him, since aggression against Georgia in 2008, when Ukraine emphasized the importance of termination of flirting from the Russian Federation by the EU, Europe continued to conduct and strengthen business relations with this country. In addition, leaders of some European countries did not allow Ukraine and Georgia to approach NATO.

"As a result of Russia, it was possible to modernize its army just after the war with Georgia," the political scientist said. "This has been largely with the help of Western technologies, because in all Russian technology there are now Western technologies and components. " The occupiers have managed to build their unmanned industry during these times, Michael Samus emphasizes. For example, Israel helped them build a UAV plant.

And even in 2014, after the capture of Crimea, all the arguments of Ukraine on rigid sanctions against the aggressor were ignored. And even more, the expert says, Europe tried to force us to sign agreements with the Russian Federation, so that European business could and do business with the Russian Federation. And since February 24, 2024, European officials have finally reached what Russia is, says Mr. Samus.

But now it is very difficult to suppress this monster, according to the expert, even with the help of sanctions. Because in the second year of the war, the Russian Federation continues to earn on oil and gas up to $ 150 billion a year, and the critical technologies and equipment are critically necessary to squeeze through neighboring countries bypassing sanctions on gray and black schemes.

"These oil dollars allow the aggressor to pay for" meat "in the army, recruiting soldiers from the poor of their population," the political scientist says. "For example, Spain purchased a record for all time of the liquefied gas. So other European countries come. " According to Michael Samus, only depriving Russia of profits from the sale of natural resources and technologies for their production can reduce the increase in the army of the Russian Federation.