Deeper Dive Into The New "Sanctions"

And Why They Are Far Less Than They Seem

Hi All

This is going to be a piece for the paying subscribers who I notice often enjoy the deeper dive into sources and arguments. It comes out of some comments about yesterday’s free piece on the new US “sanctions”.—which was read very widely.

The New US Sanctions Move Actually Protects Russia For Now

I’m including the quotation marks around “sanctions” because as of now they really do not exist—and they might never come into force. Indeed, the whole maneuvering of the Trump administration makes it seem likely that they will not bring them in in a stringent way. I thought I would go into some sources are a range of different pieces of evidence to show why.

Why This Wind-Down Period Is Different

It was mentioned by some that other US sanctions on Russia had wind-down