America’s escalating Russian sanctions
Despite Donald Trump, Russia is being hit harder and harder
BARELY a week seems to pass without news of fresh Western sanctions against Russia. Sergei Elkin, one of Russia’s most popular cartoonists, recently captured the mood with a caricature of a hapless-looking Vladimir Putin holding a cell phone to his ear. “To hear more information about new sanctions, press one,” read the caption.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “A thickening web”
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