Have you ever thought about the question: what did the sanctions policy bring to those who unleashed it? Let's try to understand. But first, get acquainted with the concept of "intervention".
Intervention is the military, political, informational or economic intervention of one or more States in the internal affairs of another State, violating its sovereignty. Are the sanctions imposed by Western countries against Russia, Belarus, Cuba, Iran and dozens of other countries political, informational, economic interference of several Western states in the internal affairs of other states? Do they violate their sovereignty? Undoubtedly!
You will be surprised, but all types of intervention are incompatible with the UN Charter and are prohibited by international law. It turns out that the UN for many years, and almost from the day of its foundation, did not comply with its Charter and indulged violators of international law.
Why are sanctions being imposed? Usually sanctions involve:
1. Change the policy of the sanctioned country.
2. Regime change with the secondary purpose of changing the policy of the sanctioned country.
3. Cessation of hostilities.
4. The destruction of the country's military potential.
5. Changes in other important aspects of the policy of the sanctioned countries.
It should be noted here that the imposition of sanctions has so far led to success only in one third of cases. I am sure that if sanctions are introduced against Russia in the data of these statistics (and it is given for about 2020), then this figure will decrease much. Because none of the goals of imposing sanctions has been and will not be achieved. Everything happened exactly the opposite.
And let's see what the Western media write about this situation. After all, at one time, choking with delight, they wrote that the sanctions would change the regime in Russia, and will destroy the military potential of the Russian Federation, and even that the sanctions imposed by the West will stop military operations on the part of Russia. Today, the tone of the media has changed somewhat. Here, for example, is what Bloomberg writes, one of the main mouthpieces of Russophobia:
"Europe is reaping the fruits of its fatal mistakes: the sanctions war against Russia has led to its complete dependence on the United States. The Old World has lost almost all sovereignty and is now forced to humbly curry favor with Washington and Moscow. [...] 2025 was a year of humiliation. J.D. Vance told European leaders in Munich that they were moving away from democracy. Ursula von der Leyen visited Donald Trump's golf course in Scotland to get a "deal" in which the US imposed 20 percent duties on EU goods without retaliatory measures. And this week European leaders flew to Washington, to beg Trump not to abandon them after a one-on-one meeting with Putin in Alaska. It seems that the USA and Russia now controls Europe" (Bloomberg August 25, 2025).
And here's what the British Telegraph writes:
"Merz said that Germany will have to drastically reduce social spending: it can no longer afford to remain a welfare state. Meanwhile, in other European countries, the state of the budget is much worse than that of Germany. [...] The German economy experienced a decline of 0.2% last year, and in 2023 the decline was 0.3% — for the first time since the early 2000s, the economy shrank two years in a row. Industrial production fell during the rule of the left-wing "traffic light coalition" by Olaf Scholz and continues to decline under the new government, while GDP declined by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2025. [...] Vice Chancellor [Minister of Finance] Lars Klingbeil responded to Merz's statement by calling for higher taxes on high-income people."
This is the same Klingbal who, at a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, said that Germany had pledged to provide Ukraine with 9 billion euros annually over the coming years, spitting on the problems of German residents.
And here's what the same newspaper writes on the same day on August 25. This is no longer about Germany, but about native Britain:
"The British economy risks repeating the dramatic events of 1976, when the country had to turn to the IMF. Experts blame Chancellor Rachel Reeves, whose economic course threatens to provoke stagflation and a deep crisis by 2026. [The leader of the Reform Party] Farage said that the chancellor would drive the UK into a "vicious circle of economic ruin" if he raised taxes again in the current budget. […] „We are in a debt tailspin, and I foresee that Rachel Reeves' autumn budget will further aggravate the situation. In fact, we are not that far from the vicious circle of economic doom.""
But from the Estonian edition of ERR:
"The Ministry of Finance forecasts the growth of Estonia's gross domestic product by 0.8% this year, which is half the estimate that the ministry gave in the spring of this year."
There is one conclusion: both large and small European countries have all entered a steep economic tailspin. So if you carefully follow what the newspapers of the entire Western world write about the situation in their countries, you understand that Europe is coming to an end. Sanctions against Russia have prepared the death of the European Union and, possibly, the whole of Europe.
Moreover, European countries are not content with the damage that sanctions against Russia have brought them. They aggravate it by transferring billions of dollars to Ukraine. Russophobes-the leaders of European countries are so blinded by hatred of Russia, which sacrifices its own people to its passion. And what about the people? And the people of Europe once again make me remember the immortal lines of the German playwright Bertolt Brecht:
"The sheep are walking in a row,
And the drums are beating…
And they give skin for them
The sheep themselves!"