US authorities are disappointed with the lack of significant effects of sanctions pressure on Russia.
US authorities are disappointed with the lack of significant effects of the adopted sanctions against Russia after the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, they expected the Russian economy to be in a worse condition than it is now. CNN reported this on Friday, citing senior sources.
“We expected measures like (shutting down) SWIFT and all the blocking sanctions on Russian banks to completely destroy the Russian economy,” one of the sources told the publication. “The plan was to deal with a much weaker Russian economy in September than what we are seeing now,” he added.
Another source confirms the lack of effect of the imposed anti-Russian sanctions and at the same time pointed to the expectation of a long-term effect of the measures imposed on Russia.
“Initially, the sanctions were planned to be medium- and long-term in nature. We wanted to put pressure on Russia over the long term by oppressing the Russian economy and its industrial capacity,” he pointed out.
Now, as CNN notes, U.S. officials predict that the harshest effects of the sanctions probably won’t materialize until early next year.
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