Without the energy exports, Russia “wouldn’t be able to finance the current war, pay salaries to its soldiers and all the crowds currently supporting Putin. It will immediately impact the regime’s support, which is why they don’t want to disrupt this revenue stream,” Naftogaz's CEO said.
Wouldn’t that be a more useful form of sanctions than boycotting Dostoevsky?
Ukraine does have the ability to cut off the flow of Russian gas any time it wants. Naftogaz claims that the Russians would just use other pipelines, but then why aren’t they doing it now?
Why is Russia paying billions to a country it’s invading that can be used to finance its defense?