Ukraine-invasion: Russia gets a slice of the mother of all sanctions

As Russia announced that it would recognize Ukraine’s breakaway provinces, and send in ‘peacekeeping’ troops to help ‘rebels,’ the World – as promised – has responded with a thick sheet of sanctions.

How the US reacted

The US is set to announce its new set of sanctions later today after consulting with allies. President Biden has signed an executive order prohibiting American investors from investing in the two breakaway regions Donetsk and Luhansk.

Secretary Blinken called Russia’s move to “recognize the ‘independence’ of so-called republics controlled by its own proxies is a predictable, shameful act.”

Canada has also promised to impose tough economic sanctions on Russia which would be separate from the ones ready if Russia signals a direct invasion.

United Kingdom’s reaction

The UK has announced that a “significant package” of sanctions is headed Russia’s way. At least five Russian banks have already been punished by the Kingdom, along with a group of Russian billionaires and other businesses and business entities.

EU’s reaction

The European Union has also announced its set of sanctions against Russia. All Russian Parliamentarians who voted in favor of the recognition – which is a blatant violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and simply a go ahead for an invasion – will be penalized.

Russian banks linked with its military and government will also face sanctions – trade with Russian proxies from the two breakaway regions will be restricted, and the Russian government’s ability to access EU markets will also be barred.

Nord Stream 2

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that the controversial Nord Stream 2 Pipeline will not go ahead because of Putin’s sheer violation of international laws and Ukraine’s sovereignty.

How Russia had to dump its short-lived propaganda

As fresh intelligence reports were piling up – with over a 180,000 Russian troops ready at the border with the World raising red flags of an imminent invasion while actively warning Moscow of the dire consequences that would follow … Russia decided to do some old-fashioned propaganda by labeling the intelligence reports as ‘Western propaganda.’ How ironic …

After denying it for weeks – denying it today even after announcing the deployment of ‘peacekeeping’ troops – Russia had to put the bullet in the head of its own short-lived propaganda that proved to be of no use.

Anonymous The Conservative., sources had reported it first that Putin had planned an invasion around February 16.

On February 21 – after mocking the sources and intel reports for about a week – Russia finally did what it had planned all along.

The short-lived propaganda was there just so Russia could have a backup plan in case it needed to dump the invasion after reassessing the West’s warnings.

Had Putin decided it was no longer viable, Russia would have needed some face-saving … It would never had needed any had it always denied the reports of the planned invasion.

Russia’s face-saving backup plan has always revolved around the Russian strategy to play dumb, deny, and then do what it had planned, or back out all while cheering that it was a balloon inflated by the ‘evil western propaganda.’