West is ‘missing obscure sanctions that could set back Russia’s war machine’

For so long as Russia is successfully procuring the components it needs for its military, and for so long as Russia is successfully selling its oil, the environment remains target-rich.” Keatinge said it was too early to decide whether the sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil had been effective, because little had been done to enforce secondary sanctions against companies that continued to buy their oil. “A successful sanctions regime relies not only on identifying new targets, but also ensuring implementation against already identified targets,” he said. “Ukraine’s allies need to follow through on implementing existing sanctions and taking action against those that facilitate evasion.”