How EU sanctions against Russia are failing | DW Documentary

The EU imposed sanctions against Moscow as a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But loopholes raise doubts about whether these are working.
There is evidence that dual-use items that can also be used for military purposes are reaching Russia - from microelectronics, to replacement parts for related industries, to cars and weapons. How can this be happening in spite of sanctions? Where are the loopholes? To find out, DW reporter Miodrag Soric went to Georgia, a Western-oriented country that officially supports the imposed sanctions. Georgia is also a close neighbor of Russia, with all the economic ties and geopolitical dependencies that that implies. Allegedly, large amounts of exports continue to go to Russia via countries such as Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia. How do they get there? How can this be stopped? Miodrag Soric searches for clues.
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[@kharl6815]

Just because the video showed people in Georgia holding signs saying “stop Russia” doesn’t mean the whole country is in support of it.

[@rusigogov6738]

You do realise russia did invade georgia? Doesnt take a much to guess they dont support russia.

[@JB-sf4pg]

why would someone support NATO countries, they always mess up every country in the name of fighting terrorism and democracy..... Remember Iraq

[@DanielPavlov-uv4pj]

​@@rmf9567 what do you mean? why do you think he isn't right?

[@ILoveBluePeople]

Bruh Georgians hate the Russians... And that's fair enough if you knew history you'd know why and it's not even that long ago

[@MrsHicks-it5xj]

The Russian economy is going to collapse in 6-12 months.. and people including news won’t look up the statistics

[@DanielPavlov-uv4pj]

Like a man who live in Russia - i can say that our country is being orientating from west to china for almost 10 years and now that process just got boosted.

[@TheAndjelika]

Totally agree. This just helped Russia to get it's economy back ...

[@joem0088]

Not only are sanctions on Russia failing, these sanctions are making the EU irrelevant to all Eurasia. Once large regions of the world realise they can live perfectly without trade with Europe, without earning or using the Euro, Europe will lose all influence and relevance to them. Europe's sanction on Russia is actual Europe sanctioning itself, which might have been worthwhile if it caused Russia to collapse and Ukraine to win. But Russia is booming, Ukraine is failing, and Europe has to take all pain of these sanctions. A totally self-inflicted catastrophe.

[@irinap7389]

Totally agree, thanks for your post. If the EU restricts imports to Georgia and Armenia, even Kazakhstan, those guys will parallel import from other Asian countries, Asia is a lot bigger than they think

[@GG-go1hz]

You said russia is ‘booming’? LoL

[@joem0088]

@@GG-go1hz see IMF growth forecast for 2023 your self. Their website is open to all.

[@vadimtrade9625]

Мы ваши санкции даже не чувствуем. Продолжайте морозить уши дальше 😂😂😂. Путин вам не по зубам.

[@brandonlance3601]

​​@@GG-go1hzhigher gdp growth and lower unemployment than any nation in the west(according to the IMF and basically everyone else.) Lowest debt to gdp in the entire world. They are more than booming, this is the beginning of a golden age. If they can keep it up that is..

[@realmanintheweb]

5:35 Wow, I didn't know that 30 people equals to "most of the people"😂😂😂

[@jianyang6281]

EU and the US doesnt mean the whole world. when west companies leave Russia, it almost instantly give the surrounding countries a big chance of doing business.

[@tamayaytam]

Such as? Give me an example of a surrounding countries that can manifacture high tech equipment. Microchips, communication devices or cellular technologies. Or cnc machines. Which one can produce these goods. Not potato or tomato.

[@thatguycarmine1]

@@tamayaytamChina. Lol

[@oblivieon1567]

@@thatguycarmine1 That was so obvious it was painful. 🤦‍♂I think some people on KZbin need to re-enroll in World Geography. 🤣

[@tamayaytam]

@@thatguycarmine1 China can not manifacture microchips. And never will. They don't have a company like tsmc. They import and repurpose and resell these items. Because of that they can not compete with modern world with any product unless government subsudised. And they are under sanctions too. Vietnam loves that.

[@tamayaytam]

@@oblivieon1567 I would like to educate you but you are arrogant. You won't get it.

[@Saffy1]

I work in glass industry and we used to sell a lot of glass to Russia. Guess what, our sales didn't decrease and we started to shop lots of glass to Kazakhstan. It's not hard to figure out where the product is going from there.

[@mostbeautifulroads9789]

Yes. To Russia. For a higher price and a longer lead time, which is the point. Nobody ever believed that it would be possible to completely keep goods from entering a country with the 2nd longest border of the entire world.

[@user-lj8kg4jd1l]

To Kurgyzstan and Afganistan, I guess?

[@Amaking10000]

85% of the world does not sanction Russia 😂 Only EU, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, S. Korea, and Singapore implemented the sanctions 😂 Rest of the world are on neutral

[@1wun1]

​@@mostbeautifulroads9789you make more sense here, even though the effect is not exactly as intended.

[@alexm6183]

@@mostbeautifulroads9789well, in March 2022 everyone in the west believed Russia would imminently collapse due to sanctions, sleepy Joe himself had said dollar is 200 rubles and Russia is on the brink. Time proved different.

[@olegvegan]

The only thing that changed for me is that Cola-Cola has a different label on its bottle now 😂

[@Clightflightwhite]

But is it still coca cola?

[@olegvegan]

@@Clightflightwhite tastes the same. Im a big Coca-Cola fan

[@Clightflightwhite]

@@olegvegan yeah coca cola definitely smuggles it their

[@kanabis134]

​@@Clightflightwhite some of new colas taste virtually the same, so no loss on that part happened

[@jaspreetmail]

The EU and the US have lost hegemony. Africa,Asia and Russia are now doing business with local currencies. Sanctions won't help

[@EmanuelM-ml5tf]

Russia losing its best Economic Partners, now the EU make much more Business with USA, Canada, Afrika, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam, South Amerika.

[@jaspreetmail]

@@EmanuelM-ml5tf are you sure? Did you forget China? At Paris Airport even the charging cables being sold are made in China. Which reality are you living in? We buy oil from Iran in our local currency. Saudi is selling its oil to China in Yuan. Don't live under a stone The world is changing. Do you know how many times American bases in Syria have been attached within the last one month? FYI more than 60 times. Do you know the Suez river path has been blocked by the houthis to whom the USA and Saudi government couldn't defeat despite 70 years long war? BP has halted its shipment projects from that area. Get your worldview corrected sir.

[@Aron-eu3cp]

​@@EmanuelM-ml5tf Африка под влиянием России и Китая, Южная америка тоже самое, Вьетнам в том числе, Тайвань это дальше будет как мышка в лапах у кошки то есть Китай о чëм ты вопше??? 😆

[@Nata-rp6pf]

Russia doesn't need the economic partners with political impotence like EU,@@EmanuelM-ml5tf .

[@asruluveira]

​@@EmanuelM-ml5tfyeah. and the partners are hurting. look at Europe energy price if you don't believe me.. I am from Malaysia and I am glad Russian can sustained the war. those Ukrainian monster start the war in 2014, killing civilians and shot down an airplane from my country (flight mh17). the missile that hits Poland is not the first time Ukraine is lying. heck. I don't even know how people can believe anything Ukraine is saying after allies expose them lying about those missile. an evil thing to do to drag other country to this war

[@enachelucianadrian]

We close the export directly to Russia but we rise the export to 700 % to friendly countries of Russia and all know what happens. This is showing that the single thing what matters is MONEY.

[@Andy34_24]

You can’t stop it because is legal unless you set sanctions on those countries as well.

[@erixlast6020]

Well russia paying for this +400%anyway so sanctions or not its hiting their economy

[@zerotsolar9742]

@@Andy34_24and yet that won’t work Sanctions are a doble edge weapon you demand more money from a country and they just up the tax entry of the goods… The one losing ever are the companies and we know the just leave to not lose money opening and then commerce with other countries that see that as an opportunity on economic growth will open their companies there(rebranding).

[@timaweyyne]

​@@erixlast6020it doesn't matter has plenty of oil and other natural resources

[@erixlast6020]

@@timaweyyne end bayer dont have oil income, get real

[@theotheleo6830]

Meanwhile, the EU still buys Russian oil, and the US continues to buy Russian fertilizer. But they somehow feel that their money does not fund Russia's war; however, other countries that purchase Russian goods do. Hypocrisy in action.

[@pmeagle]

Yeah the USA still buys nuclear material from Russia also, because it's cheaper.

[@chenren6977]

Russia shares borders with large number of small countries, when the West demanded those insignificant countries to follow their geopolitics, that's a dead end and irresponsible. You basically telling people in those countries dont eat don't live their lifes, at the meantime almost nothing is affect in LA, NY, California while DC stole half trillion Russian assets. It is crazy those small countries continue to follow US sanction without receiving aid and funding from DC

[@slevinshafel9395]

true. Rule for them but not for me.

[@anti-bullingjames]

The accurate picture is that US buys Russian oil and then sells it to Europe by adding 30% fee. 😂, Stupid Europeans!

[@shikshapandey8196]

And done phd in preaching

[@honkler1697]

The only one feeling the pain is us Europeans. These sanctions are beyond pointless.

[@mrjerzheel]

Georgia, Kazakhstan, Armenia and others have no obligation to obey EU sanctions

[@PETE4955]

Depending on whether you support Putin. Only the pro putin Government the people have an alternative view .

[@thusomaepa1852]

Y

[@dirtyharry6297]

If Georgia has no desire to join EU and NATO , let them be a puppet of poo

[@mnemonicpie]

@@PETE4955 who cares lol. People ain't gonna starve because of some US scam project.

[@user-un3ru6dt3w]

@@PETE4955 Lies. The sanctions are illegal under the international law. You don't have to be a Putin supporter to ignore them.

[@mteevie1609]

Those people don't care about politic or American sanctions, they just want to feed their family.

[@basook6116]

well said... at the end, people matters. I hope that UK, USA, France wake up, and care about their own people. UK is falling, France is burning, Germany is in recession. How people feed their own families???

[@tkokflux6322]

yeah just like how some military men will kill another person to feed their family that completely justifies anything. idk about armenians and so on but as a georgian it baffles me that we allow this to happen, we allow to profit off of war and destruction of our brothers by our enemies. I was brought up to believe that we are brave ppl, brave my ass we are cowards and we ve been cowards for centuries by now. I despise russia government and at this point while its illogical and completely racist I despise russians as well p.s those ppl dont care about politics? pleasseeee those ppl do care about politics in a sense that they wish to state their opinion but they dont wish to get properly educated about politics

[@AK-jm1sc]

Just like Ukrainians want to feed their families and live without being bombed on the daily. But that's a luxury when your neighbor is a pyscho. All those people in Georgia will be better off eventually too, once the Ruzzia situation is handled to the end. They can finally kick the rest of the Russian troops out of their land too.

[@VVayVVard]

The sanctions still increase costs for Russia, since it needs to pay people to transport goods over the border. And it would be easy to counter these loopholes by limiting export volumes to countries neighboring Russia to 2021 levels.

[@joemamabiden3893]

@@VVayVVard won't happen lol. even western company are going back to russia under different name

[@Horrorhorst]

Germany: builds car Russia: buys car Germany: surprised Pikachu face

[@alexandersohn569]

Georgia: Can we join EU to escape Russian economic domination? EU: No, but keep these sanctione we impose on your economy

[@stigandersen3783]

When has the current Georgian government expressed this wish?

[@nope2265]

Georgia was recently granted candidate status to the EU.

[@hanky.9476]

Russia has a huge land and maritime border with its neighbors. In reality, sanctions can only increase the transaction cost or reduce the total trade volume. It won't stop Russia from getting the material and goods it needs. There is no way to enforce it on the ground, in the air, and at the sea.

[@cookiecola5852]

Its the black marked tho The black marked will grow bigger and bigger with all sorts of products They just not yet to realize what a massive disaster it will end up becoming in Russia

[@chrisscott4766]

And nor should it.

[@hakasonma8588]

lol that made no sense, increase cost or lower volume 😂 The high cost is pushing higher volume because more people are willing to risk to make that profit

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

@@hakasonma8588 high cost will make people stop buying. That's why in the EU the economic growth is only 0.2% and its inflation is 9%. The government keep printing money. Those ex-Soviet countries are dumb. They don't know what has happened with many western citizens who move out from their own countries.

[@paulzx5034]

​@@MSDGroup-ez6zkHi from Russia. Its not relevant. Before the war EU goods goes through Poland, so Georgians make zero profit. Even a modest traffic is a huge bonus for small country with no industry.

[@TimeBucks]

Very interesting report, thank you for posting!

[@JahangirAlam-cs3xp]

Vary vary nice

[@buiphong7779]

i like it

[@mitonmohajan4941]

V nice

[@neelamopm]

Nice Video

[@LuchiaSangma-rd1ok]

👍

[@user-km2on9ed2j]

Hi there. I come from Russia and I wanna tell you how you work in state authorities. As soon as the United States imposes sanctions, our government immediately begins, under these circumstances, picking out everything from people and divide it among themselves. Recently, some sanctions have been imposed on one of our stock exchanges that trades foreign securities. The American side`s provided 3 months for ordinary people to withdraw their money. At the same time Russian government`s blocked all the citizens’ money at once. They`ve even blocked Chinese and Russian shares. I guess every time new sanctions are introduced, our officials have a holiday. They set the turkey on the table and sing the US national anthem cause they`ve got a reason to rob their citizens once again. But in case you`re indignant, then you may be declared a foreign spy. Peace for everyone! With love from Russia!

[@okblender]

The Russian government is robbing its citizens under the guise of foreign sanctions, thousands of Russian investors have lost their investments, lost all their savings and become hostages of the Central Bank of Russia

[@7deys.]

Инвесторы России пострадали от незаконных действий государственных структур России, таких как Центральный Банк, Санкт-Петербургская биржа. Против инвесторов России выступает судебная система. Инвесторов обокрали, отобрали у них деньги, акции, последнюю надежду на справедливость...

[@user-cm7xz6pu5i]

Наши деньги украло РФ

[@mariatarasova5450]

Подписываюсь под каждым словом! Пострадала я и 3 ближайших родственника!

[@user-vx6fo8je9s]

-- I am against war and I want peace and everything is as it was

[@user-zw8qv6xv6z]

Большое спасибо соседям, за санкционные товары.

[@DWDocumentary]

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[@user-zw8qv6xv6z]

@@DWDocumentary Пора вам учить РУССКИЙ

[@RohankrishnaB]

​@@DWDocumentaryarrogant learn other languages, this is violation of free speech

[@zablacaya9298]

@@DWDocumentaryYou featured Russia at least learn their language! Typical of you, you earn a living from hating a country and its people! 😂

[@dxd42]

RUSSIAN OIL -> INDIAN REFINERY -> EUROPEAN MARKET Europe is supporting Russia anyway.

[@pranavgandhar4604]

EU HAVE BOUGHT 6 TIMES LARGER THAN RUSSIAN ENERGY EVEN AFTER SANCTIONS, WEST HAVE HURTED INDIA HISTORICALLY , INDIA HAVENT FORGET THAT

[@juicy12juicy]

It's mean European had to buy higher price lol

[@fyp1984]

they could buy from Russia directly with low price, yet choose another third party for higher price

[@Indian_Rajput]

@@fyp1984 not actually Indian refined oil is even cheaper than Saudi oil 😂😂😂 So EU buys it

[@geranong9547]

eu enjoy more buying high price oil n gas to us 😂😂😂

[@milosstevanovic1377]

Let’s ignore the fact that all that has traveled trough half of Europe. But others are guilty for failing sanctions

[@WalterGrumeza]

Did you know that Georgia is not under sanctions and the import is legal?

[@zalmonzam9629]

classic hypocrisy

[@l3ngmashup314]

​@@WalterGrumezadumb statement, that's not the point. If importing from Georgia to Russia is a problem, why importing from EU isn't? Oh, are EU companies too dumb to understand the cause of spike in export rates, right after the war started and sanctions began to apply? If they are really concerned about feeding Russia with goods, why don't they stop the source, but the middle man?

[@erikpeterffy7552]

@@l3ngmashup314 The point of the sanctions is not that we should not sell anything to the Russians, but that the Russians should not be able to sell anything and thus their income should be reduced. EU export sanctions only apply to products that help Russia to increase its profits. Money doesn't care about stupid EU bureaucracy, companies will find a way to continue trading with the Russians. Why would they give up profits?

[@rsokolowski6319]

People always find the way to make a living. I remember like in 1980s we smuggled liquor from Poland to Sweden, Denmark and Norway, very good money. If you think that law abiding norsemen didn’t appreciate our hard work your are mistaken. Bottle in Poland cost about 80 cents US in that time , we get 100 krona for it, a little over 7$ us. After all necessary bribes and expenses we get 5x return on our investment each ferry trip. The best time of my life, I put myself through university doing that.

[@atlash6387]

I bought myself german beer recently here in Moscow. It was marked as imported from Poland.

[@rsokolowski6319]

@@atlash6387 my family house is only 3 km from Ukrainian border, about 10 km from nearest border crossing, with is near Belarus, my youngest brother lives there now. He makes good money being middleman between Ukrainians and Russians or Russians and EU. Supposedly every Polak has 17% of Judith blood in his veins

[@ambition112]

0:27: 🚚 Despite EU sanctions, Western goods are making their way into Russia through the Georgian border. 4:56: 📰 Georgia's neighbors have seen a significant increase in imports from Russia, leading to concerns about the country's direction and potential involvement in conflicts. 9:34: 🚗 The video explores how cars are being smuggled from Georgia to Russia to bypass sanctions. 14:19: 🚚 Trucks waiting at the border between Georgia and Russia suggest that Western sanctions are being circumvented. Recap by Tammy AI

[@AmouraAmoura00023]

THANK YOU

[@Eric_Malbos]

Interesting this Tammy AI. I did not know it. Thank you for the info

[@hockeystream5081]

UPD the sanctioned goods arrives to Russia not only from Georgia. But from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland as well. Then what about Turkey, Serbia and many other countries. Cash rules everything around me (us) C.R.E.A.M.

[@vaishakhnair6046]

I was in Russia last month, all the American and European brands are still there. Most of them are under a different name. Sanctions are mainly a diplomatic tool. Socially or economically it never had the intended effect.

[@PETE4955]

No, absolutely incorrect: new Russian brands copying the original as with bigmac?

[@vaishakhnair6046]

@@PETE4955 It's not the Russian brands, it is the likes of bigmac itself operating under different names.

[@iamisearojob6549]

@@PETE4955 Imagine arguing with someone who said was on ground there, were you also on ground? Instead ask for proof before arguing.

[@emmano6340]

​@@PETE4955It's literally the same products, only with a different name. Sanctions failed.

[@olafsigursons]

@@emmano6340 It failed so much Russia is not a space power anymore because they couldn't pay their rent for Baikonur. Sure.

[@lbatti11]

This conflict has exposed the EU as complete morons.

[@Paravantos]

I’m an EU citizen and living in America, travelled to Russia many times. Americans and EU can’t imagine there is an other world than theirs and especially out of their control and dominance. Ignorance, arrogance, lack of information and dangerous, overly confident, aggressive attitude starting with americans followed by eu.

[@vondahe]

There is no such thing as an EU citizen and most Europeans under the age of 70 have travelled a lot and the entire EU is full of people from all over the world. And we get taught geography extensively. Either you’re a *troll* or you came from a small isolated enclave, because the rest of us are nothing like what you describe.

[@harry.flashman]

para lots of people have been there and have family there. you dont have a monopoly on what russia is like.

[@harry.flashman]

youre projecting.

[@MrNeversweat]

Especially arrogance and everything you've mentioned

[@quanfung5958]

GO RUSSIA ...hope it gets to BERLIN again !?

[@ike637]

Why hasn't von Der lyon been dismissed for the utter incompetent she is. Her sanctions against Russia have had the exact opposite effect.

[@user-vq5mc3bf5q]

look at the ridiculous prices in Russian stores. You will understand for yourself that the sanctions hit primarily those countries that announced sanctions🤔🤔

[@SonyThamrin]

There is already railway line from Russia to Azerbaijan and then to Iran. From the Port of Chabahar (Iran) all Russian oil and products are sent to India, Africa and the rest of the world. Then in June 2022 the Trans-Caspian railway line was opened from Ningxia City (China) to Iran. All of these trade routes were so massive that Western sanctions proved to be failure.

[@haykk5375]

All while EU signing a "gas deal" with Azerbaijan and their imports from Russia quadruple, far exceeding the country's own consumption. Ironically, this deal was supposed to replace Russian imports.

[@Vijay_guptaji]

Europe has to grow out of the mindset that Europe's problems are the world's problems, but the world's problems are not Europe's problems, S Jaishankar had said. Munich

[@juicy12juicy]

EU are shooting their own feet, the world it's not always about them, i hope US dollar and EU hegemoni going down

[@rmdomainer9042]

Your Jaishankar is a jingoism spreader. All bjp vrmn are. Discontent merchants

[@AK-jm1sc]

@@Vijay_guptaji I mean Europe has been treating world problems like it it's problems, considering how many millions of refugees we have taken which largely has just disrupted our societies more. Then providing aid and human rights relief to hundreds of countries. Tackling global warming more than other nations, which will have it's most serious impacts in poorer regions of the world. It seems like everyone expects Europe to spend as much time on the rest of the world as it does on it's internal matters, yet this expectation isn't there for China, Russia, India etc. or any other nation.

[@retrogazele]

i can officially tell you that my Greek friends who are in the oil shipping industry are carrying russia oil all over from asia to europe to north america . Sanction not only fail but they made other countries think and take into consideration future economic attack to them.. like China and others . All this has made other countries stronger ,not just from military but by economic protection against the West.

[@thongtruong9846]

It's so true. EU imported a lot Russian oil last year before their sanctions got effective. Lol and in media, how against are they? Just liars.

[@kk-fo3zx]

But are the Russians getting paid beyond the price caps? Because if not, then yes, the EU still pays more for their oil and gas than before but Russian profits are still small. Sure, the EU is paying out the arse to intermediary countries, but that doesn't mean that the sanctions are ineffective.

[@fitgirl8812]

​@@user-re5vs2ru4vда нет у нас огромного дефицита бюджета, цифры смотрите, всё по плану. Да и нефтегазовые доходы это 30% от общего дохода, российская экономика давно переходит от сырьевого сектора в производственный. ВВП вырос👍

[@Ukit50]

Greek are greedy but at the same time it does not comply to EU sanction because they knew EU is lenient to them but not to Turkiye

[@Bostonite1985]

@@kk-fo3zx ....USA and EU have free trade agreements with many South American countries. These countries have free trade agreements with China, and China has free trade agreements with former Soviet republics like Georgia. Sanctions have become meaningless.

[@DenisChristmas]

Germany has very strict law about privacy and video recording, but here DW using hidden camera and asking people, is it legal in Georgia??

[@lifeisshorts001]

Everything’s legal if you have enough money 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@DKX365]

Western fake democracy

[@alexeisfeldt7676]

A country waging war, America quietly brushing Afghanistan under a carpet...

[@amk6266]

I like how the reporter says that Georgia "still has close economic tires with Russia". Well, Georgia has the border with Russia. It definitely makes sense to have "close economic relations", instead of building walls, like the one Berlin had. Also I'd recommend to DW, instead of equating Europe and the EU, to study geography better.

[@kirilld6206]

They should say it is still independent from Russia. After losing a war in 2008 and possibility of full annexation.

[@Maria-EU]

Finland shares a long border with Russia but they support the sanctions, and just joined NATO. Simply sharing a border doesn't mean that you must have close economic ties. The change isn't going to be fast, especially given the political situation in Georgia, but it's definitely possible.

[@kirilld6206]

@@Maria-EU Finland was in good relations with Russia and was prospering. From a slaves for Sweden they eventually risen even richer than swedes. Relations were profitable for both politically and economically. Now due to what you have mention they can dissapear from the map again. Anyways, it will cost a lot for finns, they lost a huge market for their stuff and it was selling in Russia very well previously. And what did finns won? Nothing, absolutely nothing. Only a possible ticket to the underworld. Georgians and armenians wouldn't even exist as nations if not russians, ask armenians about genocide. Georgians were joining russians themselves cuz they were not stupid, at least that time.

[@minhvan1216]

ok

[@boryskoval3220]

@@kirilld6206 as usual, putin's supporters think that without russia the world would end. Forget about this, russia is just a small economy which has a lot of natural resources. That is it. I think Finns always hated russia for what ussr did in 1939. Do you think that Finland will disappear? I suggest having a look at their military. If Finland fought with russia, then russia would be quickly destroyed even without NATO support. Do you think your "disease country" helped somebody (Georgia)? It brought only death. For example, Abkhazia.

[@scottrobinson3281]

South Africa was probably the most sanctioned country in the world in the 1970's and 80's. Yet with a relatively small industrial base, it built up a huge arms industry, certainly with some outside help. Having lived through this period, sanctions were really just an irritation, and not what the sanctioners hoped for. There will always be sanctions busters, out to make a quick buck.

[@scottrobinson3281]

@elmawilson5685 Absolutely right.

[@hendo19742]

TRUE, FOUND WAYS AROUND IT, NOT FULL PROOF JUST SLOWLY HURT THE ECONOMY & SA LEARNED TO BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT!👍👍🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@mabeteekay1403]

@@scottrobinson3281 i wish we had tha spirit today , during that era , a lot of people were excluded, just imagine how great SA would have been if after 1994 and never lost the innovation spirit, we can do better

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Great insight, thanks.

[@jurijeckel4938]

What was funny in that days, Krüger Rand was the most Popular Gold Coin in Frankfurt germany in mid 80s...even it was illegal to trade it even Degussa Bank etc. did trade it

[@rubenoteiza9261]

Who would have thought, that sanctions intended to deprive of everything a country who has already everything and who could easily manufacture the rest were destined to fail.

[@user-ve3xv8uu3m]

😂😂😂Ага, такая неожиданность!

[@lao5456k]

произведи чип для своей интернет - балаболки

[@user-ve3xv8uu3m]

@@lao5456k Я для вас наверное открытие сделаю - ASML поперла вверх на советских разработках. Сейчас хотят уйти от проецирования.

[@slapshot0074]

You also only have to look at shopping malls in Moscow to see western companies still trading,just using a different name and importing from third parties.

[@hank4920]

Its a tiny fraction compare to what's in and out at the Chinese border with Russia

[@yaboyed5779]

We don’t talk about that… 😅

[@loks117]

@@yaboyed5779 because western countries dont dare to talk about that lol.

[@brightfuture5704]

And India... BTW, is India considered a Western democracy?

[@jora5483]

​@@brightfuture5704 Basically, sanctions are just failed way of thinking of west. You can't rule numerous ports and borders and governments to do accordingly.

[@pikachutoaster6070]

​@@brightfuture5704not anymore because the western world considers a nation democratic as long as the one THEY call democratic wins. If someone else wins it's "democratic backsliding" and "tyranny of the masses" et al. 😂😂😂

[@user-vr7jk1zl8n]

So, blackmailing Georgia - "if you do business with Russia, no EU membership" - is morally right? Ask Turkey how long they were promised the same membership and never made one step forward into it. Today, 90% of the world is no longer willing to accept US/EU blackmailing. They can survive and do well trading among themselves.

[@Broodplank86]

OK, well then go and just do that. If there is no benefit to the EU or trading with the US/EU, then go trade somewhere else. Nobody is forcing you to spend your money there, what is the issue here?

[@electricspeedkiller8950]

It is. Simple bargaining since the dawn of time

[@user42344]

This is how politics work though. It's not "blackmailing", it's bargaining.

[@thexdatabase]

they are using the soviet methods

[@simbastarcraft5906]

Are they doing well though? :D looking at the lira exchange rate for the past ten years in turkey, it certainly doesn't seem like it. And then you look at the gdp per capita of European countries and who do you find at the bottom? Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia etc. Pretty much all countries that used to rely on trade with Russia or still do.

[@user-tg7rh4gg9f]

This is an important part of Georgia's economy. It's a small country. Are you suggesting that people starve in this small country for the sake of your sanctions? If an economic crisis starts in Georgia, the only thing the West will do is express its concern

[@holybol]

it would be also nice to see a report about belgium buying russian diamonds please

[@kunti_putra]

Took EU more than a year to realize 😂😂

[@salimyakub6417]

DW should also follow the flow of Russian gas and oil. Leave Georgia alone for now.

[@randomguy7175]

India is buying Russian oil and exporting it to Europe.. but that's okay for German clowns...

[@maximedamour5192]

How about Russia leaves Georgia alone? Ever thought about that? 🤔

[@DipaTarigan]

​@@maximedamour5192Why? Georgians wanted to do trade with Russia and vice versa, why Russia should leave Georgia alone? are you willing to to help Georgian economy too? Or are you wanted to make Georgia just like Ukraine? become Western proxy? and dying for Western cause? LOL

[@DipaTarigan]

@Wirsindimmernochhier Doesn't matter they will keep trading with Russia anyway, just like the Germans and other EU countries. LOL

[@abdelcoubadja9078]

​@@maximedamour5192lolzlolzlolzl .. the degenerates and their vassals in Georgia will be dealt with shortly. For now, the vassal state called germany is in a recession with bleaker prospects.

[@henrywid]

Basically what we learnt from the Ukraine war is that Europe has no balls and bow down to the Americans like slaves.

[@freeingtone]

I am really amaze that people in Germany have to pay tv license to keep the media free and produce good quality articles, instead they get tons of west propaganda and bias articles

[@kbboy101]

The only thing sanctions have done is push BRICS into seriously considering launching an alternate currency and payment system. The short-term effect is gain for US and high prices for Europe, but in the longer term, other countries will put being independent of US/EU as part of their strategies.

[@stream2watch]

LOL at BRICS. Everyone in those nations would sell their grandmas for a greencard.

[@impact0r]

BRICS is a joke, so good luck with anything, let alone a currency.

[@shaimaarfa9890]

This arrogance might make you the ones to seek Brics countries papers in the future, westerners are already leaving to work in places like China and arab golf countries.

[@brighttech6933]

​@@stream2watchYh it's like on yr face not everybody upset in US like ya

[@aliragh]

@@stream2watch BRICS is not something new, they have been working behind the scenes for over a decade now. A split world is a sure future. 1 part led by NATO and the other led by the BRICS

[@FishingAdventuresDubai]

It's not like western producers are complaining that their goods are still being sold. Any business just wants one thing... a thriving business with lots of profit.

[@richardv9648]

But western politicians and WEF dont really care about western producers. Its a fact.

[@zenzen1916]

🤔...oh well, tough crap, Putie shouldn't have attacked Ukraine. Russia has nothing to gain with Putin at the helm. Russian kids, learn Chinese.

[@jonasrohdin8856]

Not true, it is one of the main CSR issues in Sweden at the moment

[@jordie4423]

Economic data show sanctions bite. For sure there are smugglers who try to ignore sanctions. But sanctions work!!!

[@jordie4423]

Don’t underestimate geo politics , these logics where common 2 years😮 ago but the world changed

[@Lexman00]

All hail the power of the free market! Supply and demand are in charge, not states.

[@sharonjames2041]

😢😤🙄Pure Hypocrisy ❤

[@mario9318]

Did anybody thought that Russia would not try to circumvent sanctions by any means available? Of course, any country would do it.

[@hishamtinaoui8201]

In this case the European countries are circumventing them not Russia

[@Behemoth29]

I was at the Georgian-Russian border near Stepantsminda twice. Once in 2019, once in Dec 2022. Big line of trucks both times, but much longer in 2022. The largest factor was contributing to it was apparently the increased security following Ukraine's suicide bombing of the Kerch bridge. Also, I've been to Russia four times, including twice since the war started. No change in living conditions whatsoever, and essentially all Western products are still available.

[@harpsdesire4200]

Can Americans go to Russia?

[@Behemoth29]

@@harpsdesire4200 Not sure, the visa process was very easy for me as an Australian though.

[@user-kx6tv4gm8g]

@@harpsdesire4200 Surely. They come and go.

[@DaveVersteeg]

did you go to Moscow, or did you go to the inner country. We all know that Moscow uses all resources, while the rest of the country has nothing. And we also all know that Russia is suffering under the sanctions. And i know, i hope you do too...its not brought Russia to zero. But their economy is down 20 to 30 %, way more than any country in the world. Russia is dead, it just does not know it yet. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGapkqKOq9xjac0&ab_channel=ArturRehi kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4aTo5ipqNyCmtU&ab_channel=DWNews kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJfdgGR7e7yCn9k&ab_channel=TLDRNewsEU Strange that DW is bringing counter news against itself.

[@thitran6105]

ok

[@KDart-ev3cg]

The way you making video on this type of documentary helping us to know about the current affairs of the world.

[@edgarasaturyan2646]

At the same time i can't afford to fly to my country of Armenia because of the BS sanctions that don't even work, but they prevent thousands of people from affordable flights to other countries

[@blake9358]

If Georgia is not in the EU then the EU cannot dictate sanctions

[@bunjijumper5345]

Germany is the problem these are GERMAN goods going into Russia via other countries.

[@Dinjvald]

Consider giving to Russia some more of your land if you are so cooperative. They will definitively like it.

[@mikejohn2999]

Why is Germany not on the list why only Georgia

[@Dante-fk4yi]

Because German is the one doing the investigation

[@abhinashkumar3161]

@@Dante-fk4yi haha

[@abdisamadhassan2011]

😂😂

[@Nichollaa]

Why do you expect Georgia to obey EU rules when it's not even a candidate?

[@freebozkurt9277]

This is exactly what the Hungarian government has been saying since the beginning. The sanctions cannot be enforced. Russia has more than 50 000 km long border. How the heck anyone thougth the EU and the US can control the traffic through this border?

[@Ivanna_Jerkov]

Sanctions failing? Well done for catching up with what the rest of the world has known for more than a year.

[@bmad1386]

😂

[@manekedark]

This is like the war against the drugs.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

So, do you want to give in to Putin the drug lord?

[@robertagren9360]

USA import the drugs and say they don't

[@krisjaniskruze5167]

Georgian politicians has a short memory. With this attitude there is no place for them in EU.

[@nealrcn]

Those tractor trailers looked empty.

[@jacobusjwest8842]

I am really happy that Russia found a way around the Western sanctions.....

[@dutch1047]

What does EU offer i.e. Georgia as an alternative? Waiting decades to become a member and before that have Russian forces in 2 hours drive from the capital and enforce sanctions ?! Sorry but this is very pathetic and extremely unrealistic. EU should work more with the neighboring countries this is one world and one can not close all doors and commitments should be made from both sides.

[@anti-bullingjames]

You forget the facts that eu isn't independent. US dictates its foreign, economic, and military decisions.

[@user-ss6co6vj5f]

@@zdf4308 Also, don't forget how Finland and Estonia - was actually didn't meet criteria for Member of EU/NATO - but they got membership, for almost two weeks. And this - When Georgia still waiting to get membership, BY YEARS(!). Don't forget about Ukraine too... So, yea, EU/NATO/UN - are very hypocrite unions. Welcome.

[@intta6783]

"our well-intended sanctions" 😂😂😂

[@hitlegger6282]

Our company in Russia where I work increases supplies of microchips from US in 5 times, so capitalists always help to capitalists

[@user-hr2oi6jd7m]

My next door neighbor is 89 years old and is still as sharp as a nail and we always talk about the things going on in the world and he said people think that this time in life is different and its getting worse he said but its not true because there has always been wars and violence and plages and depressions etc. He said the government keeps the same routine because humanity keeps falling for it so why would they change their tactics when it keeps working so well. He said its all to keep humans in fear because by keeping us in fear is what keeps them in power because we stay dependent on them.

[@SentientDMT]

He's 100% correct.

[@fitgirl8812]

Сейчас ситуация действительно критическая в Мире, ТАКОГО долга у сша НИКОГДА не было и как прежде уже никогда не будет. Слава Богу в России есть всё свое, чтобы прожить эти неспокойные годы

[@busterbiloxi3833]

So stop complaining and join the "government".

[@user-hr2oi6jd7m]

@@busterbiloxi3833 ONLY a true bot would say that.

[@robertagren9360]

1918 = 2018

[@Noorman0]

It's not only Georgia but Kyrgyzstan is also siphoning eourpian goods to russia, infact they buy it from Europe and send it to russia its that simple

[@Adrian2140]

They are working as intended. Smuggling something will always be more costly and unreliable source of products than buying them outright. It's still causing them great pain, hence why there's a lot of Z losers crying about it in the comments here.

[@user-yj7um6hv1d]

It's not only Georgia, but also Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, China, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Turkmenistan. Good luck blocking them all 😄👍

[@inzidenziaschulz7972]

Thats how free markets work.

[@randomguy7175]

Just like India buying Russian oil and sending to Europe..

[@BobyJooba]

@@Adrian2140 The inflation rate in Russia is lower than in some EU countries. Fact is the sanctions didn't work, since Germany is also still buying from Russia. EU is a just a pathetic paper tiger that is collapsing.

[@Andy-kl1ry]

Georgia and Russia have always been friendly, and only individuals with a dubious reputation are pushing Georgia into a confrontation with Russia, preparing a second Ukraine close to Russia. It is a pity that many people in Georgia do not understand this.

[@thomasho9637]

Well EU is too arrogant. They underestimate Russian determination and will to fight back. Now it is history.

[@boon3736]

eu and us can trade between themselves and enforce their rules to themselves ..

[@ClaytonOmwanga]

Thank you

[@abhinashkumar3161]

Wow

[@katimboallan4605]

EU and US are not the world.

[@truongtran-sl6rh]

ok

[@MSDGroup-ez6zk]

The USA and its allies have fooled Europeans. The funny thing is although Europeans are well-educated they are happy to be fooled by the USA allies and their puppets.

[@mounishvishnujai5318]

😂😂😂 f*** what the EU thinks or "feels" it is perfectly ok for Georgia to do trade with Russia if they want, they are a sovereign country and are entitled to their free choice to do so....

[@Bigwillystyle707]

@@nihil2262 Then why dont they?

[@Medvedev_Dmitry2008]

@@Bigwillystyle707because by doing this they will isolate themselve...

[@Bigwillystyle707]

@@Medvedev_Dmitry2008 hence why SANCTIONS DONT WORK!!!

[@nikushachanturia]

@@nihil2262 good we have 2 billion trade deficit with the EU, that would be perfect for us anyway

[@TheAndjelika]

I once lived under sanctions, and from that experience, I can assert that imposing sanctions on a country is one of the most foolish strategies humans could devise. They rarely impact the intended targets. We all inhabit the same planet, so surely there must be alternative solutions. Moreover, it raises the question: why has the US never faced sanctions for its actions, such as the invasion of Iraq, the Vietnam War, or the illegal bombing of Serbia?

[@all.fa1111]

I wonder if Europeans really believed that Russians will make coup d'etat to bring the brands back? 😂

[@vitalys9986]

If EU imposes sanctions, why do they think other countries should play their political games according to their rules? Independent from EU countries are doing their own business. This is what is called a sphere of influence. But when a country is trying to get out of one sphere of influence to another it might get in trouble as you now know.

[@class.C]

they seem to want even higher inflation by going after these loop holes after the sanctions lol

[@Nataliya-kv3de]

It makes Sanctions less effective, not ineffective. Russ is bound to fail with the current sanctions, it's reserves are drying up fast and deficits are growing. Sanctions may take time, it's like a slow ki ller that slowly tightens the n00se

[@MrWhitmen1981]

Because access to their market would dictate that. Basically do you want to make dollars or euros. Or do you want to trade with Monopoly money. Damn some people are dumb. As Australian I can go to a south east Asian country and buy what ever I want with US dollars because that currency can be used to buy better stuff.

[@felipe-vibor]

​@@Nataliya-kv3dedon't you also think Europe is far more suffering also

[@KGI_KlikoNL]

Pretty much same as USA does.

[@mta54321]

EU decide not to give to Georgia EU candidate status and now wants to implement EU sanctions.

[@ShikiByakko]

This. Not only that, they never helped Georgia when they were invaded by Russia, but still they need to put their economy at risk because the EU says so, without a clear path to the EU or anything in exchange...

[@rupakkumarchattopadhyay2572]

European must understand that their problem is not worlds problem.

[@Suburp212]

Most Western companies want to make big money in Russia. In any way possible.

[@mrconfusion87]

The brands earn more per capita in Russia than the other BRICS countries if I remember correctly... 🤣🤣🤣

[@abubakarsadisumuktar932]

I still can't imagine how a superpower like Russia, a country with highest military and nuclear strength, a country, just second highest exporter of crude oil and highest gas supplies, second highest exporter of LNG, Highest exporter of grains, highest exporter of fertilizer, second highest exporter of weapons and all military hardware, highest exporter of uranium, the list goes on, just to mention some, can both geopolitically, diplomatically economically be isolated. This is the western myopic thinking. They are so arrogant to accept that the world is no longer dancing to their music.

[@zrglow4450]

They rather start nuclear war than allow power to slip from their hands

[@macculu501]

Many of those same people think that the "international community" consists of Western countries only ... completely oblivious to the fact they make up 1/7th of the World's population

[@murarihr8793]

Russia is not the second oil exporter

[@abubakarsadisumuktar932]

@@murarihr8793 who then? You wanna tell me that it's US, but you are wrong. US might refine more than any other country in the world but they don't export it rather use it at home. They still needs to import more in order to balance their domestic need. But in terms of export, it's Saudi first followed by Russia. You can disagree by proving me wrong with concrete answer.

[@zoyaelizavetahafeez2]

@@abubakarsadisumuktar932 Even Saudi purchased Oil from Russia and resold it😂

[@Nick-kd9yt]

summary: nothing has changed, money talks

[@xr2kid]

That's the problem with most sanctions. Also sanctions increase corruption

[@TsLeng]

Westerners learning it the hard way that the world dont revolve around them

[@NordStar7]

Пичаль, бида

[@davidweber7153]

Dear DW Team, I am desperately looking for a report covering the EU decision to allow Azerbaijan to import Russian gas and resell it to the EU. Since there has been a lot of talk about Sanction circumventions, I believe that we Europeans have a greater responsibility than small states in the Caucasus, that rely on Russian trade for survival. And before we start asking them to accept rising prices and put themselves at a disadvantage for the sake of Ukraine, we have to be willing to do it ourselves first. Just to make sure my message gets through: Azerbaijan signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the EU, stating they are able and will deliver a certain amount of Gas to the EU. Since they are not able to fulfill the contractual obligations, they started importing Russian gas. So the EU buying Russian Gas through a third (autocratic) market and therefore undermining its own sanctions. But hey, lets put the focus on small economies instead so we can cover our own corruption.

[@Dirtmiy]

The gentlemen who impose sanctions have limited free flights through Russia and the delivery of goods by a shorter route. All of Europe is now suffering from rising prices. Against which economy were these sanctions imposed, really against the Russian one?🤔

[@mrmikael628]

Most people in Europe dont want to freeze their buts in the winter, or pay extra price for everyday consuming products (Putins inflation), or take a shower once a week. So you could do that

[@jodalinkus5538]

I have to say in spite of a detailed coverage of this EUs effort to curtail Russia's economic interests on it's Eurasian perimeter. It is artless to expect it's small neighbors to harm their own negligible economies to give up cross border trade with no alternative opportunities to compensate for that. Brandishing EU flag doesn't address damage sustained by those countries and an impact on balance of payments. One could argue a loss of access by a dainty state like Georgia to Russia's market may totally crash it's tiny economy. The rest of the pack are no different with their economic growth tightly underpinned by it's exchanges with Russia. Further more Russia's geographic proximity couldn't be preponderated by EU membership ( an arcane prospect) to wean these countries dependency on it's big neighbor.

[@stream2watch]

Nobody really cares about the ant traffic on trucks. We know where Georgia will aliign when the fat lady sings, and it sure isn't hell with failed Russia.

[@jordie4423]

Economic data show sanctions bite. For sure there are smugglers who try to ignore sanctions. But sanctions work!!!

[@bobpadok5331]

You cant wipe out greatest commodity exporter in the world withouth serious damage to world economy...world depent more on Russia than otherwise..west lost it complementely and century of Brics is coming..

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

"Dainty," Comrade? An authoritarian post-Soviet state, memorable for giving the word Stalin: um, did you check in with them on how they feel about your daitiness notion? That shure doesn't look like any daity line-up of 18-wheelers, cashing in on the higher prices Washington has delivered them for their exports to Russia.

[@gillis51]

These countries are not asked to stop their usual trade with Russia but not to help other countries circumvent the sanctions and by allowing more and more transit of foreign goods through their territories, what they are doing is benefitting from sanctions.

[@peterlavina4138]

The sanctions are arbitrary in the first place. Weaponizing trade and expecting everyone to follow is insanity.

[@AK-jm1sc]

Would you prefer that the West weaponizes NATO and took care of Russia that way?

[@mnemonicpie]

@@AK-jm1sc its exactly what's happening lol

[@AK-jm1sc]

@@mnemonicpie If the West truly wanted to weaponize NATO, then Russia would seize to exist in 24 hours. So no, it's not happening. We are being very respectful to Russia at the moment, giving them the "easy treatment" with only a trade war.

[@tacticalsapper]

@@mnemonicpie Russian troll go where Prigozhin is.

[@tacticalsapper]

What a useless Russian / Chinese troll comment. Sanctioning people who support or are war criminals is not arbitrarily but very nice to see.

[@YoursUntruly]

If you think the sanctions aren’t working, go invest in the Ruble 😂 HAHA

[@yukein4242]

the main issue is that someone in the western countries is selling to this countries, KNOWING it will get to Russia. Georgia, Armenia and so on are not the cause of the problem.

[@user-ve3xv8uu3m]

The main problem is that someone wants to live as before and not pay for anything. What does Europe produce that Russia or China does not? That's right - nothing unique. All processors that are manufactured in Taiwan are made on machines with our technologies.

[@komm18]

We forgot about Visa/Mastercard turn off in Russia. So, now a lot of Russians have a bank account in ex soviet country and transfers its money to these banks to pay abroad. That strongly increases economic relations between Russia and ex Soviet countries.

[@zrglow4450]

UNO

[@3APEBO]

"Every Russian has a bank account in ex soviet country". Are you serious? Who told you that? You can't just make a new Visa and Mastercard but the old cards are working. Russia also has its own payment system - Mir. Google it.

[@dimavologdin5170]

I am sure 2% of Russians have foreign bank accounts. We do not need such accounts.

[@user-me5oq3kl4h]

All cards work just fine

[@komm18]

@@user-me5oq3kl4h *inside of Russia, but not abroad

[@torchedmind]

One thing people don't know is we need each other for survival in every aspect of life

[@vaseabmwe39]

I'd prefer to die instead of surviving along with ruzzians

[@Momazes]

That's exactly what I wanted to comment but you did it for me.Thank you.😂

[@Momazes]

​@@vaseabmwe39but there are those who really need Russia for many reasons. Geography is one of them. Do you live in the caucas

[@vaseabmwe39]

@@Momazes the only reason one might "need ruzzia" is dementia

[@marcinm2871]

we dont.

[@idtechcelestial6507]

One business going out, other come in. Simple as that

[@Pifagorass]

The have not received 📝 about "Secondary Sanctions" 😅

[@peterazlac1739]

This is a minor route into Russia compared with the three rail lines from China and the shipping route across the Caspian Sea from Turkey and Iran. Several EU countries are also selective in how they apply the sanctions, for example, the destinations of goods going into the docks in Amsterdam and Rotterdam where Russian ships dock to deliver shipments for third countries. US oil companies broke sanctions with the UN oil for food program in Iraq so why expect other countries to obey them. With BRICS countries covering over 25% of global GDP and would be BRICS countries a major slice of the remaining 50% after the West's slice the sanctions are like a sieve that hurt only the Western nations who have lost access to cheap energy, grains, and rare earth minerals as well as exports markets. Germany must be proud to have such an effective Chancellor when it comes to deindustrialization and the adoption of a 17th-century green economy.

[@uma_americares]

People are being killed in Ukraine every day with missiles and bombs made in Russia with foreign parts, or in Iran, or China. Arguably the most fertile lands and waters in the world are being poisoned. I don't understand anything...

[@FabioCapela]

If measured using the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) criterium, which eliminates distortions caused by uneven exchange rates, then the BRICS GDP is over 30% of the global GDP and actually higher than that of G7. The same criterium has China's GDP above that of the US. Incidentally, PPP GDP is a better way than regular (nominal) GDP to measure an economy's capacity for consuming raw materials and producing goods.

[@FriendlyPerson-zb4gv]

"Most Georgians are critical of their neighbor and want to join the EU" - Source : Trust me bro, DW News.

[@srevinUreuqnoC]

We've seen how quickly British empire shrunk, now we are about to witness how quickly Germany fails. It is one thing to pick a fight but doing so while sitting on the same branch that you're cutting is madness to say the least.

[@peter-world-traves]

EU sanctions against Russia aren't failing! It makes tons of money for US

[@nanaviblaia1857]

The Association Agreement between Georgia and the European Union was signed on June 27, 2014. At first, the document worked in a temporary application mode, and fully entered into force on July 1, 2016, when the ratification procedure was completed. In the Georgian mass consciousness, the signing of the agreement caused euphoria, was perceived as a stepping stone on the way to full membership in the EU. The population was almost not informed about the real content of the document, the government and the opposition did not conduct discussions on this topic. No one explained to the citizens that there is a huge gap between the association and the actual entry. No one reported that similar agreements with the EU were signed, for example, by Algeria, Tunisia, Chile, which definitely have no European prospects.

[@merkeet]

Keep in mind that the EU and organisations like the WEF want change in the mind of the people of the EU, for example regarding the use of energy. With the use of the sanctions, they have a means to do so, while having Russia to blame for the rising costs, while actually the EU does this to her citizens herself.

[@avacadomangobanana2588]

Yeah the EU is doing it because of Russian aggression.

[@AMOUREDD]

Am surprised no one has commented on your take

[@phantom4E2]

i know, i fuckin hate brussels for that, greetings from spain

[@merkeet]

@@AMOUREDD Lots of trolls, paid reactions and / or blind people ;-)

[@EspenSkaufel]

Norway is feeding the EU with gass an oil at unprecedented quantities. This seems to contradict your clam

[@user-st4vr1vk4e]

В Германских магазинах для бедных, Тафель. самая дешевая булка хлеба стоит 50 евроцентов, и в Грузии, хлеб стоит столько же. А если перекроют границы - то его вообще не будет...

[@maryvila5141]

thank you so much for sharing this. it's really useful 👍

[@robertgibson8428]

A report incredibly surprising and meaningful to absolutely nobody

[@andrewkirpy4254]

Western media spy

[@ebb_]

You’re right

[@robertagren9360]

Right it's only meaningful for strategic destruction of reinforcement of supplies during war you can destroy these chokepoints and comatose the opponent.

[@yttean98]

Most appropriate Documentary. DW should conduct more of these types of docu for your own citizens as well. I am not even from the Euro.

[@peterppp694]

You are brainwashed

[@janlang8605]

Splendid lecture!

[@miroperinich2495]

Why the Russian ruble is failing and the Chinese don't want it.