> ...theyre effectively meaningless as most capable, observant countries have managed to sidestep... In this case, though, one wants to apply pressure not on t

> ...theyre effectively meaningless as most capable, observant countries have managed to sidestep... In this case, though, one wants to apply pressure not on the country, but on the surrounding oligarchs. When a nation is, essentially, a syndicate of organized criminal oligarchs around a strongman, financial pressure on those people is exactly what you need.