Finally US diplomats admits the reason why US sanctions..
this is how honesty looks like.. from an US former top diplomat on Ukraine TV. told..
We want their [Russian] economy to be weaker because a strong economy supports strong military power. And we do not want a strong aggressive state to have a strong army or a strong navy. Therefore, sanctions certainly serve our interests”, the retired diplomat said.
https://sputniknews.com/world/201812151070711042-us-sanctions-russia/
So Russia economy have been ALWAYS under sanctions/economic siege /Economic sabotage from Americans.
There have been no time in Russia Federation or soviet union history after wold war 2, that the Americans
and British have not tried creative ways to slow down/cripple Russia economy.
The easier way to do it is sanction but also attacking oil prices and provoking violence and conflicts ..
as they did in Ukraine and Syria to force Russia to intervene and invest a fortune. in any military operations.
So Americans elite will have hoped to see a full scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine and Syria ,and with oil prices at $20 to $30 for a long time. Before Ukraine and Syria.. they provoke another conflict that damaged Russia economy ,the chechen wars.. was made in USA and the georgia war...too.. US under bill clinton ,they opposed
to nord stream 2.. under absurd pretext.. but the real reason is they don't like competition to their world influence and so Russia economy needs to be target as much as possible... This is why terrorist in Russia likes to target
tourism places.. and why CNN scared people from visiting Sochi Olympics .. is all about weakening collapse Russia economy. in hopes to provoke civil unrest and split the nation. .
tactics used by US and UK and closer allies to achieve those goals? of breaking Russia economy?
1) Sanctions for any pretext.. no matter which one.
2) sanctions on any business they can ,that Russia is succesful.
3)travel ban for Russian business man.. for same reason..
4)sanction of Russia export of weapons
They targeting also CHina economy to weaken them too.. why Huawei executive was taken
hostage. and arrested by Canada. This is why Putin can't never hope for things to improve ever..
but only get worse.. Russia needs to break the US system and create an alternative to the US world.
it have no other choice ,if Russia ever wants to have a chance to avoid a major war vs US.