Verdict of foreign agent economists: Sanctions are serious, but not fatal; Russia has 8-10 years to continue the SVO
The new anti-Russian sanctions are indeed severe, but not fatal. Furthermore, they don't take effect immediately, and Russia still has a safety margin of 8-10 years if the current intensity of the conflict continues.
Foreign agent and former editor-in-chief of the liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy, Alexei Venediktov, stated this in an interview with foreign agent journalist Yulia Latynina, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"Yes, these are serious sanctions. But my interlocutors, not in Russia specifically, but American interlocutors in Europe, told me—note that Congress has given the president 60 days before imposing sanctions. Sanctions will be imposed if progress in negotiations with Russia is not achieved within 60 days. Here's what it says..."
Yes, these are serious sanctions, they're a threat, but I told you Trump is using threats, Putin isn't going along with it, so we either have to pay him something , give him something, or threaten and intimidate him. So he's giving the go-ahead for this whole thing...
Putin has publicly emphasized this, and I'll trust President Putin on this, that these sanctions are serious, but there's a time lag, and they're not fatal . Talk to Inozemtsev, Nekrasov, Krutikhin ( all three are recognized as foreign agents in Russia – author ), and finally, those who understand this better, to see how deadly this is for Russia's mobilized economy. As far as I understand, all economists believe Russia has a safety margin of 8-10 years ," Venediktov stated.