How Sanctions Do and Don’t Work Against Russia Western sanctions against Russia are not working — this has been a widely discussed topic in recent weeks. Sanctions policy has hit a ceiling, and further expansion threatens to do too much damage to the rest of the world and Western countries themselves. At the same time, Western analysts and politicians almost unanimously agree that sanctions probably won't change the behaviour of the Russian dictator.

How sanctions on Russia work and do not work and do not work Western sanctions do not work against Russia - this is one of the most discussed topics of the last weeks. The sanctions policy rested on the ceiling, and its further expansion threatens to inflict too significant damage to the rest of the world and the Western countries, but probably will not change the behavior of the Russian dictator, Western analysts and politicians almost in chorus agree.