When they work, not always, they are rarely agreed with pure results or short terms, which are often promised in the US Department of State or National Security Council. This is especially true of sanctions that can be aimed at weakening the enemy over time. Video Day is the whole of current sanctions against Russia, which resemble clumsy, controversial and inconsistent economic measures applied against the Soviet Union after the latter's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
Although these measures did not lead to the immediate collapse of the USSR, they complicated for the Soviet leadership the task of avoiding the consequences of the weakness of the unreformed Soviet economy. Sanctions against the USSR have taken over Western investments, technology transfer, as well as loans and loans that supported the Soviet economy and masked rot inside. The economic problems that arose in the early 1980s as a result of sanctions became obvious even to the fans of the regime.
Putin's decision to start a war with Ukraine can lead to similar results. Technological restrictions have caused losses to domestic industrial production. New funding and investment from the West are virtually unavailable. And in one way or another, Russia's income from exports will decrease. Time is not on the side of Ukraine, so the country needs more military assistance (or extreme political measures). But Putin decided to wage a dirty war and make the event an enemy.
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