cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/2983869
“The West needs to change its views: sanctions against Russia don’t work that way” - https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Die-Sanktionen-gegen-Russland-funktionieren-so-nicht-article24416089.html
“The West is making Russia stronger than it is” - https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2023-11/sanktionen-russland-wladimir-putin-krieg
“Loopholes in sanctions? Sanctions against Russia: the country was not ready” - https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/schlupfloecher-bei-sanktionen-russland-sanktionen-bund-war-nicht-vorbereitet
“The Russian economy is growing: why don’t sanctions work anymore?” - https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/russlands-wirtschaft-wachst-warum-wirken-die-sanktionen-nicht-10306972.html
“Economic sanctions against Russia: bans are only conditional” - https://taz.de/Wirtschaftssanktionen-gegen-Russland/!5950928/
“It’s not just about China: sanctions against Russia don’t work” - https://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/ukraine-krise/das-liegt-nicht-nur-an-china-sanktionen-gegen-russland-funktionieren-nicht_id_259489953.html
German news are really good at getting as close as possible to the core issue without touching it. They're professional
s.Must be getting cold..hard to chant "to the last Ukrainian" through chattering teeth when there's no cheap Russian gas to heat your home and run your economy
It was pretty fucking clear three months in that they weren't working. Welcome to the real world Germany.
I genuinely think the idea that "half the world runs on german R&D, even if it is produced in china" has something to do with this.
meanwhile I just finished watching a russian copy of the newest hungergames movie
I check VK to look for obscure movies (Italian post-apocalypic/Mad Max slop). I get excited when I find it and it's in HD! I start to play it and it's dubbed in Russian, but it's just one guy doing the dubbing in a very monotone voice lol
The EU/Germany going into a recession is music to my ears after what they have been doing since 19th century
