EU plans to introduce US-style extraterritorial sanctions in violation of international law and to target companies of third countries for their exports to Russia. Non-Western alliances (BRICS, SCO) expand.
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The sanctions policy looks more and more like the Suicide Squad in Life of Brian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHk2RSMCS8