Russia, sanctions and Navalny (3)
Eestlased Kanadas | 05 Feb 2021  | Laas LeivatEesti Elu
Since the foreign ministers of the European Union failed to reach agreement on penalizing Russia for its treatment of Alexei Navalny, some observers have urged the Baltic states to take the initiative with enforcing sanctions as an example to the rest of Europe.

A precedent was established when the Baltic states were the first to level sanctions against Belarus, when Alexander Lukashenko refused to yield power after orchestrating a fraudulent election.

According to Baltic foreign policy experts, for them to have maximum effect, the sanctions should be targeted against the Russian business elite and and top officialdom, the friends and decision makers closest to Vladimir Putin. It’s expected that this would cause sufficient financial pain and complaints to the Kremlin would be shrill and insistent. Punishing mid-level bureaucratic order-takers wouldn’t produce the intended results.

It was at the end of 2020 that the European Union affirmed the regulations governing the use of sanctions in reacting to general human rights violations. Many insist that the gross violations involving Navalny is more than sufficient to act immediately.


(Pikemalt saab lugeda Eesti Elu 5. veebr. 2021 paber- ja PDF/Digilehest)
 

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Kommentaarid on kirjutatud EWR lugejate poolt. Nende sisu ei pruugi ühtida EWR toimetuse seisukohtadega.
M211 Feb 2021 07:32
Reply to F:
Everything is relative.
Nobody is perfect, but some are definitely worse.
F10 Feb 2021 08:03
Fraud in Belarus, ok, how about the Fraud in the USA ?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.c...
M06 Feb 2021 11:47
Re: “... According to Baltic foreign policy experts, for them to have maximum effect, the sanctions should be targeted against the Russian business elite and and top officialdom, ...”
= GOOD IDEA.

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