As for sanctions against Russia, Europe sometimes has problems with political will. After all, very often certain sanctioned goods end up both in Russia and in Iran.
Ivan Uss, chief consultant of the National Institute for Strategic Studies, spoke about this on air on Channel 24 . He noted that there are still ways to get around the sanctions.
According to him, Turkey believes that it will become a gas hub. This will mean that Russia will sell gas to it cheaply.
Plus, Turkey will accumulate gas from other sources, and then it will sell to Europe. However, Europe does not need this gas very much. When Turkey understands this, it will immediately refuse Russia further deep cooperation,” Ivan Uss explained.
He added that Turkey does not want to lose funds, because it is not up to it now, given the economy.
Ivan Uss said that India also increased the purchase of hydrogen from Russia, which wants to resell. When the markets are crowded, she won't cooperate either.
Sanctions policy against Russia
The expert explained that the theory of the sanctions policy is that there must always be something left in order to constantly build up. You can not use all the sanctions at once and wait until they finally put pressure on the country. She's constantly adapting to them.
“Now there are already 9 packages of sanctions and I hope that 10 will already be during January-February of this year. All these sanctions are the tactics of hundreds or thousands of small cuts,” Uss said.
Perhaps they do not lead to the fact that Russia instantly stops. At the very least, they give a hint to those businessmen who are still planning to make money in Russia, nothing will happen with this economy. This country will not have a future, – said Ivan Uss
He noted that when Russia itself announces that it will produce 1980 model cars, this is in fact a hint that they are returning to the Soviet Union, which they talked about.
“Now we will see how they (the Russians – Channel 24) endure this year. After all, there is still a problem of how much their new partners will want to have closer relations with them. After all, China has its own problems, and inflation is high in Turkey. they are still cooperating for these problems, because they think that they can make money on Russia,” the expert said.
