economic pressure alone won't stop putin but it certainly helps reduce russias capabilities in this war
this set actually has serious points

lowered price cap
ban on 3rd party refined products
swift bans
total ban on transactions

how much of that actually goes through is the real question

this was a 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, not exactly the "following orders" grunt type.
he very much had his share of responsibility for the misery caused under his command.

crypto is not suitable for this kind of situation ...
sure some oligarchs might be able to get the funds for a new car or some real estate shit, but good luck finding an exchange that accepts a few dozen trillions of rubles every quarter.

whats different to the last 15years during which they claimed they would replace the dollar any minute now?
so far there hasn't been any progress (as in actuall policy ... not bs like the waving around of a fake bank note for the press)

i think neither macron nor starmer have much hope to change trumps mind ... rather this is about damage control.
first off, to make it a bit tougher for him to sell the idea that europe wants&profits from this war
and to prevent him from stopping arms sales either through or even to europe over all

they struggle because exports collapsed ...
domestic use always was just around 1/4th of exports.
arms production doesn't replace that

reducing angular velocity by baiting, sounds good ... on paper

in reality it means that a bunch of idiots start firing at a tiny drone that keeps diving inbetween them
a great way to guarantee friendly fire incidents

that is literally what russia keeps claiming
all this shit about how this weapon or that delivery puts a nation or the west in general in direct conflict with russia.

the "russia is at war with nato" song&dance

yet russia somehow gets to deploy north korean troops and we can't call em out?

he always links the google doc with the sources:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...