Putin is really angling for the Supervillain of the year award at this years banquet.
Unfortunately there's not a whole lot in place to stop him from what he's doing because he simply doesn't care.
Sanctions I supposed the west could deepen them, but the Russians' are in bed with the Chinese right now.
Freezing bank accounts internationally. Sure, but a lot of Putin's operations and hit people operate in hard currency.
I suppose you could force a confrontation in Syria with the Russians or with the NATO forces in Europe, but the strategic situation for the West is poor, and are we willing to have a confrontation that will make the losses in Afghanistan and Iraq look light?
You can cut the Russians off from the world diplomatically. The British took a small step today, I would expect that the American's will have to follow suit.
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