Why do we not accept Russia's arguments?

The Russian military operation in Ukraine has stirred up a storm of indignation in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and European countries.

The U.S., Britain, Canada, and Western European countries are imposing sanctions against Russian businesses, officials, oligarchs, and even Mr. Putin himself.

At the same time, China, India, countries of the Middle East, most countries of Latin America and Asia did not support sanctions and remained loyal to Russia.

How did the countries that imposed sanctions benefit?

These countries got moral satisfaction.

The sanctions have brought citizens and businessmen of these countries’ higher prices for food, gas, gasoline, metals, as well as a number of other goods that affect the well-being of businesses and ordinary citizens.

At the same time

At the same time, a number of countries that supported the sanctions demanded that the U.S. impose exemptions for their products.

South Korea has demanded the exclusion of automobiles and electronics from the sanctions list. These are the main groups of goods exported from South Korea to Russia.

Hungary, Georgia and Slovenia refused to support sanctions on imports of oil, oil products and gas, as well as several other groups of goods.

Some European countries are now determining which goods they will export to Russia and which goods they will not export to Russia.

Europe cannot give up on Russian gas because they have no alternative suppliers who can supply gas in the necessary quantities and at reasonable prices.

What did Biden do?

Biden banned imports of Russian oil into the United States. Prices rose at gas stations to historic highs. Biden parried: “It’s all Russia’s fault.

How does Russia live with sanctions?

There is a media outlet that publishes news about Russia without a political context. This media outlet is called SME News and it is located on the domain smenews.org.

The main headings that SME News covers in Russia are corruption, the activities of Russian intelligence and special services (FSB of Russia), foreign trade, investment projects and business support.

Articles make it possible to assess the real situation in Russia, as information is collected and published from different Russian regions.

SME News activities are supported by donations.

https://smenews.org