Pak Sahafat – The Washington Post, in an article stating that Russia’s economy remains dynamic despite Western sanctions, has evaluated the intensification and strengthening of the efforts of Western allies against Moscow as one of the remaining options to weaken the Kremlin.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency’s report, in this report of the Washington Post, it is stated: Although the Western sanctions against Russia have overshadowed the country’s economy to some extent, it was not enough to create an obstacle in the way of the President of this country, Vladimir Putin, in the war against Ukraine, or even to make its people suffer. Shop shelves in Moscow and other Russian cities show that daily life has not changed and the lives of ordinary people continue as before, especially thanks to government subsidies.
This popular American newspaper continued to write this article: For this reason, Washington and its allies must use stronger methods to weaken the Kremlin’s war-making capacity and increase their effectiveness by intensifying and strengthening the sanctions lever.
The Washington Post believes that greater coordination of partners on both sides of the Atlantic, along with stricter enforcement of sanctions, is the key to increasing the costs of war for Russian industry and consumers and further weakening Moscow’s ability to continue producing high-tech weapons.
Read more:
Nicaragua: Russia is still a victim of Western aggression led by the United States
Another subject under investigation as to why the sanctions against Moscow are less effective is its ability to circumvent Western sanctions. So far, Russia has been able to find solutions in friendly third countries and use them as transit points.
By stating this, the Washington Post considered targeting third countries as another measure that the West should use to stop the Russian war machine, and as a result, redouble its efforts to prevent the entry of key parts used in advanced weapons.
This newspaper further suggested that companies in China, Iran, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Armenia and other countries that the Russian army uses to supply the parts it needs should be targeted. And in particular, investigations on the role of South Africa, which has recently been accused by the United States as one of the countries involved in secretly sending weapons and ammunition to Russia, should be prioritized.
The Washington Post believes that one of the other actions that the West can take against Russia is the comprehensive sanctions against the Russian oligarchs; Lawyers, wealthy managers, middlemen, paper companies (companies that exist only on paper, but have no employees and only have bank accounts) have been evaluated among the targets of severe sanctions.
In the end, this newspaper considered the only effective action taken by the West against Russia to date, the imposition of a price ceiling of $60 per barrel of this country’s crude oil, and noted: According to the estimate of the Kyiv School of Economics, this cap has reduced Russia’s oil export income by nearly a third in the first three months of this year compared to the last three months of 2022.