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in the British newspaper The Guardian described Western sanctions against Russia as one of the most counterproductive policies in modern international history, and as destructive of their unintended goals.

Global energy prices are skyrocketing, inflation is rising, supply chains are messy, and millions are deprived of gas, grain and fertilizer, yet Russian President Vladimir Putin's "barbarism" is escalating as his grip on his people is growing, columnist Simon Jenkins said.

Dancing to Putin's tunes

Cengiz added that the West and its people have plunged into economic stagnation, its leaders have been shaken, insecurity has spread to Britain, France, Italy and the United States, gas-thirsty Germany and Hungary are about to dance to Putin's tune, and the cost of living is rising everywhere, yet no one dares yet on questioning the sanctions.

He said Putin now has a free hand to worry Europe this winter. He has cut supplies from major pipelines such as Nord Stream 1 by as much as 80%, global oil prices have soared and the flow of wheat and other foodstuffs from Eastern Europe to Africa and Asia has nearly stopped. .


Russia is the main beneficiary

Cengiz said that Britain's domestic gas bills have tripled within a year, and the main beneficiary is none other than Russia, whose energy exports to Asia have risen, achieving an unprecedented surplus in its balance of payments.

The ruble is currently considered one of the strongest currencies in the world this year, having doubled its strength since last January by nearly 50%, and although Moscow's foreign assets have been frozen and the Russian rich have transferred their yachts and private properties abroad, but there is no indication that Putin cares, Plus, he doesn't have voters to worry about.

He noted that the politicians around the NATO table have been cautious about escalating military aid to Ukraine, saying they understand military deterrence, yet they are making naive interventions in the economy, parroting what Dr. Stringlove says "they want to bomb the Russian economy back to the stone age."

Was this what was expected?

Cengiz continued to criticize Western leaders, noting that they say they are starving Russia of microchips and spare parts for drones, and soon Putin will start begging them for peace, but in fact Russia has slowly begun to adapt to its new conditions, and sanctions have strengthened its trade with China, Iran and India, McDonald's across the country has also been replaced by a Russian-owned chain.

The writer concluded that the Russian economy may be weaker, but Putin is stronger, and if anything is certain, the sanctions are consolidating a new economic world across Asia, and adopting an enhanced role for China, and he asked: Was this what was expected?