Many people are treating the tit-for-tat sanctions as a joke, but trade wars are dangerous. The consequences will ripple far and wideIts a rainy afternoon in Moscow, and Ive just had to placate a sobbing child who doesnt understand why his beloved Diugas cheese has disappeared from the supermarket. Now, as far as the suffering of civilians in east Ukraine goes, my toddler troubles are so laughably minute that it is embarrassing to talk about them. Yet these troubles are also a useful reminder that the continuing stand-off between the west and Russia over who gets to influence Ukraine will …read more
Source: The Guardian
