The West has been determined to confront Russia through economic sanctions that seek to weaken its economy and thus distance it from the war against Ukraine, if they have the desired effect, Vladimir Putin must look for market options to maintain the conflict and prevent the country from falling into a deep recession.
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The United States has proposed exporting its gas to European Union countries that depend on Russian supplies. In addition, these nations have refused the Kremlin’s request to pay for hydrocarbons in rubles.; The pressure of the G20 could end in an isolation of Moscow that would make it difficult to sustain a conflict of considerable magnitude over time.
Although the number of dead soldiers is impossible to verifythe calculations are impressive: the Russians would have lost more than 7,000 soldiers in a month, according to intelligence sources cited by the New York Times. That is a figure greater than the combined US losses in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Ukraine, for its part, stated on March 12 that it had lost 1,300 soldiers, a figure that is undoubtedly lower than reality. In the absence of significant progress, the Russian offensive appears to be focused on terrorizing and demoralizing Ukrainians, 10 million of whom have fled their homes.
The president of United States, Joe Biden, on his tour of Europe, considered the expulsion of Russia from the G20, To which this country has responded that this action “will not be fatal” although it recognizes that this formant is important due to the strategic cooperation that is generated in it.
“As far as the G20 is concerned, it is important, but on the other hand, under current conditions, when most of its members are in a situation of economic war with us on their own initiative, it will not be deadly either,” said the G20 spokesman. Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, in his daily telephone press conference.
Until now the West continues to bet on economic pressure with a view to impacting Russian income and lowering reserves.INTERNATIONAL WRITING
With information from AFP and EFE
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