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Originally Posted by Damien
What would you do differently to Biden and Johnson?
If we don't want to go to war with Russia, which we don't, I think we've done as much as we can. We want to extract maximum cost to Russia if they do invade. Both Biden and Johnson would support cutting Russia off from the SWIFT baning messaging network.
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I do not think Putin is entirely rational which makes him unpredictable. Apparently most of his personal wealth is being "looked after" by various oligarchs. If you go after these high net worth individuals you have have more leverage.
I heard that the Russian economy is quite resilient to external pressures and if they still are selling gas with rising prices due to the situation, they have contingency.
I am not convinced that this Government, given that amount of Russian donor leverage that exists, will do the right thing. Also, Putin will see a weakened British PM, ridiculed at home, and conclude that his ability to command on the international stage as illusory.