Sanctions on Russia are ineffective and backfire on the West

The position holds that the sanctions imposed on Russia have failed and that they backfire on the West that imposed them. Its advocates cite Russian resilience, parallel imports and the lifting of sanctions as the answer, and speak of harm to Europe including German deindustrialisation, of the weaponisation of finance, of a collapse of trust, and of de-dollarisation and settlement among the BRICS countries.

The position appears in coverage of the sanctions imposed on Russia, where 26 publishers on the Russian side of the coverage carry it across 909 matched events. It is stated there as an assessment that sanctions are ineffective and backfiring.

The material names no competing position. The events of recent months centre on a new US law that allows tariffs of up to 100 percent on countries buying Russian oil. India said it would take all necessary measures to protect its interests, China vowed necessary measures, and the Kremlin called the sanctions "hellish". Hungary asked Washington to waive penalties on its Russian energy purchases, and the European Union dropped two Russian oligarchs from its sanctions list after member states failed to agree. President Putin extended Russia's food embargo to the end of 2028.