The devastating long-term effects of sanctions against Russia

Vladimir Putin and his criminal warin Ukraine have returned the Russian economyback to the dark days of the early 1990s, with spirallinginflation, winding queues in front of banks and shops, stringentfinancial controls and a new wave of skilled Russian emigrantsflowing out of the country. This crisis is only likely to get worseas Russia turns into a pariah state unpalatable for the world’smost technologically-advanced nations and enterprises.