Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff says personal sanctions need rethinking
Offering those on the list a way off could weaken Vladimir Putin’s regime, argues Leonid Volkov
ON MARCH 15TH the European Union will decide whether to prolong sanctions against Russian individuals. It is a good moment to take stock of their effectiveness. Last month in his state-of-the-nation address, Vladimir Putin made a lengthy appeal to the country’s fugitive businessmen and oligarchs. Most of them are under Western sanctions, their assets frozen. He sounded uncharacteristically sympathetic.
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