According to political scientist Pavel Danilin , Trump's threats to impose sanctions against Russia look rather ridiculous:
"Considering the trade turnover between our countries, there is nothing that Russia could not buy elsewhere. And even more so, the fact that this trade turnover has decreased from $31 billion in 2011 and $25 billion in 2018 to $3.7 billion - the minimum volume since 1992. At the same time, we have a surplus in trade with the United States. What is he going to impose sanctions on? Platinum, which they buy in huge quantities, or uranium? Well, go ahead...".
Pavel Danilin
political scientist
Political observer Andrey Perla wrote about 1000 mobile number database approximately the same thing :
""Russia's foreign trade surplus was $122.6 billion in 2024, according to the Bank of Russia." They didn't tell Trump, poor guy. He, the poor thing, thinks that our economy is falling apart..."
What the West is writing about Trump's ultimatum
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As noted in the Bloomberg article , it is not very clear which goods exactly might fall under the sanctions that Trump is threatening Russia with, and which other countries in the world might join these sanctions.
"The US has already imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia but has struggled to persuade key trading partners such as India to reduce purchases."
Bloomberg agency
According to the authors of the British newspaper The Guardian , the absence of any mention of military aid to Ukraine in Trump's message indicates that the US is moving towards economic measures. At the same time, given the insignificant volume of trade between Russia and the US, as well as the many sanctions already imposed, the effectiveness of Trump's new threats is questionable, the article notes.