That only makes sense if the actual desired "effect" is not really to influence a country's policies, but simply to hurt its economy.

While hurting a country's economy is easily achieved (russia's sanction will definitely also hurt the countries they are imposed upon), studies have found that only about 4% of economic sanctions actually help reaching the desired policy change they were said to have.

In other words, from the imposer's POV, economic sanctions are almost always ineffective, they usually just hurt a country's civil population.

Think Putin has the bigger balls to hold this out longer then the EU and the US

*starts practicing bending over

Putin can damage his country as much as he wants, it's his country after all, he's the current elected Tsar.

The longer he acts like this the sooner other powers in Russia will realize that they have to get rid of him.

Well one thing is good about this.. Russia is sueing McDonalds for unhealthy workplaces..

And Coca Cola stops advertising on some central Russian TV-channels. Kvas and cheburek forever! )))

Sanctions list is online.

Sanctions are against USA, EU, Norway and Australia. Russia stops importing beef, pork meat, chicken, fruits, cheese and milk products from those countries.

I'm a bit involved in an agricultural business in Russia. People are excited over this, at last the priority will be for the local producers!!!

if the interests were mutual russia wouldn't have had to resort to force - ironically by flexing their muscles russia has definitely lost influence in eastern europe

putin is a great tactician within russian borders, but at the international level he is a lost cause

otherwise i agree russia is not the only one abusing its' power, being french i am very proud that we opposed the war in Iraq but not so much of our past as a colonial super-power

Economy in russia will take a huge hit. In the west? Not so much. I just feel sorry for the russians as the prices for food will dramatically increase. But if that's what Putin really wants... It really doesn't hurt US and EU at all. Meanwhile, Putin is hurt really bad because we're not exporting weapons to russia anymore and the russian tech is way behind the west, even if Putin would never admit that. But there has to be a reason why he's so upset.

Well, let's just hope we can solve this peacefully, that's all that matters imo.

fucking politicans. they have of course all their own intentions and reasons for their doings. The problem is, they never tell us. What they tell us are lies, lies and again lies. The truth is never told. Not to us.

the media is full of shit because of that.
if people had more brain, no-one would harm another country just because a fucking asshole says so.
probably the real problem with all those conflicts atm is humanity´s endless stupidity.

USA. Russia. EU. it doesn´t really matter which. there is no good or bad anymore. it´s only bad and bad alone.

Think about it. media manipulation aside, think about what you want and what you are given. Then you will realise how much they are all taking us for a fool.

sorry for my bad language, but imo anything else is inappropriate.

Putin is rapidly approaching the #1 position for world's biggest douchebag. Newsflash man; this in't the 80s, you're not a superpower anymore.