The EU Council adopted the 14th round of sanctions against Russia on June 24, aimed at tackling the circumvention of existing measures and to further restrict profits from Russia's energy industry.
Agreed. Putin had been building up to it for years though. The first sanctions made it possible to hasten this process. And the Russian oligarchs aren’t extinct or anything. They are still super-rich compared to the average Russian. They just can’t mess with the government right now, and they have to support the renewed semi-planned economy.
That sounds based actually, we should do this to our own oligarchs next
Agreed. Putin had been building up to it for years though. The first sanctions made it possible to hasten this process. And the Russian oligarchs aren’t extinct or anything. They are still super-rich compared to the average Russian. They just can’t mess with the government right now, and they have to support the renewed semi-planned economy.