U.S. Treasury Secretary Becerra said today (Beijing Time October 23): "Putin did not come to the negotiating table with honesty and openness as we hoped. After talks in Alaska, when Trump realized that nothing was progressing, he left. Tonight or tomorrow morning, we will announce a significant increase in sanctions against Russia - one of the largest sanctions against the Russian Federation."
[Witty] Comment: The U.S. and Western countries' threat of sanctions is simply old news, and Putin's indifference is perfectly normal. Previous sanctions by the U.S. and Western countries have reached their maximum limit, and almost all available measures have been used without achieving any effect on Russia. Now, Russia has a clear advantage on the battlefield, and Putin naturally hopes to seize the momentum to gain more benefits, accumulating enough leverage for subsequent negotiations. The U.S. trying to make Putin "behave" through increased sanctions is obviously a dream. This sanction tactic has long been ineffective. If the U.S. and Western countries do not come up with new ideas and keep increasing sanctions, it will only make Russia more determined in its position, eventually getting stuck in a self-made sanction dead end.
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