alt Hacker NewsI think this was more wishcasting than realistic analysis of what Putin would do and how much leverage his pawns had against him.
I think this was more wishcasting than realistic analysis of what Putin would do and how much leverage his pawns had against him.
It might well have been, but the fact that the West first sanctioned the Russian oligarchs (even before 2022) showed that they really did believe in that wishcasting, i.e. they really did believe that the oligarchs will react “economically rational” and do something about Putin so the sanctions would go away.