Moscow has forcefully denied for several weeks wanting to invade its Ukrainian neighbor. While continuing to mass troops on the borders between the two countries, as well as in Belarus for a perfect strategic pincer movement, telling the Pentagon that Moscow is ready to take action at any minute.
On the other hand, Great Britain proposes to provide NATO with a large military contingent, while France, like the United States, among others, also intends to strengthen their military presence in Eastern Europe. Recent discussions at the UN Security Council have turned sour, not really sending a sign of peace soon.
So the West is preparing its sanctions against Russia, or even against Vladimir Putin himself, and waving them like a red rag. “If there is an attack, there will be a response and the cost will be very high,” the French president said on January 25.
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Like the United Kingdom and the European Union, the United States is preparing an arsenal of sanctions intended to make Vladimir Putin think about the potential disastrous consequences of an invasion of Ukraine.
If the Russian energy sector would be spared, in particular so as not to place the European allies in a more than delicate situation, an American senator speaks as for him of the “mother of all sanctions”.
In particular, it is a question of harsh measures taken against the Russian banking and financial system. They could completely seize up the country’s economic machine – at the risk of causing significant collateral damage throughout the world, and in particular in Europe.
At all costs
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