On the occasion of the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, AFP Washington said on February 22 that the U.S. Treasury Department said on the 22nd that the United States plans to impose a new round of sanctions on Russia starting on the 23rd, with more than 500 sanctions.
The new round of sanctions, which claims to be "devastating", will be imposed jointly by the US Treasury Department and ***. At the same time, the European Union and the United Kingdom have joined a new round of sanctions that will strike at "Russia, its supporters and its war machine".
Prior to this, Western countries led by the United States imposed as many as 15,628 sanctions on Russia, of which the United States alone was as high as 3,500.
Why is the U.S. going further? One is the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Ukraine is becoming more and more unbearable, and it feels that Russia's military power is getting stronger and stronger. The other is that Russia's economy is now increasingly showing its resilience, with GDP growing by 3 in 20236%。
In 2023, Russia's economy will achieve good growth, and the amount of China and Russia will continue to rise, which gives Russia strong confidence. This is what the United States does not want to see.
In his speech congratulating the Day of the Defenders of the Fatherland, Putin said that Russia will continue to strengthen its armed forces in every possible way to ensure that they are continuously updated and modernized with technology, and it plans to develop and mass-produce advanced **, as well as introduce artificial intelligence technology in the military field.
Isn't this Russia getting stronger and stronger the more it fights? Seeing this, it is understandable that the United States cannot sit still. In the past two years, Ukraine has not dragged Russia down, militarily, and economically, but has trained Russia and made Russia learn more and more intelligently.
Think about how anxious the United States is now? But what's the use of being in a hurry? Can "devastating" sanctions really destroy Russia? I think it's just the United States thinking about it.
Because the world is not a world where the United States alone has the final say, in addition to Russia, there is also China. The sanctions imposed by the United States and other Western countries alone will certainly not be "devastating."
If it is said that China and the United States jointly sanction it, then it is really possible. But how can China be in league with the United States?
Therefore, we can wait and see, and in two years, Russia will definitely still be alive and well. The "devastating" may only be the Western countries themselves, led by the United States.
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