
Best way to ramp up Western sanctions on Russia is to double down on their enforcement
In response to Russia's latest barbaric attack on July 30, which killed at least 32 civilians in Kyiv, President Donald Trump again threatened to extend sanctions to those who enable the war effort.
This is undoubtedly one way to ramp up pressure on Russia, but there are other options available to President Trump too. Exposing and closing other backchannels that the Kremlin uses to evade Western sanctions would pile significantly more pressure on Vladimir Putin and damage his military capabilit