> Sanctions just produced extreme poverty, hyperinflation and give more reason to bad actors/dictators to appoint even more extreme measures and justifications

> Sanctions just produced extreme poverty, hyperinflation and give more reason to bad actors/dictators to appoint even more extreme measures and justifications for them. No, bad actors/dictators produce extreme poverty and hyperinflation. > Guys who are in power can even more easily hold to the power and use force against the populous. Too bad for the populace. Maybe they should have got off their arses and got rid of the bad guys a little earlier, eh? > Destroying free media and maxing propaganda and sadly average person falls for propaganda if it is fed to him daily. Do you really think it's sanctions from the West that have turned Russian media into propaganda mouthpieces?