Educated guess: focused on sanctions that hit politicians and the rich but didn’t want to cause suffering to the common people.
Most leaders do not want to escalate things- so restraint is used more often than not. With us fucking over the EU they realize they need to escalate things now.
Found this post from Barraiya, one of the good guys https://bsky.app/profile/barriaya.bsky.social follhttps://kyivindependent.com/australia-new-zealand-introduce-new-sanctions-against-russia/
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Most leaders do not want to escalate things- so restraint is used more often than not. With us fucking over the EU they realize they need to escalate things now.
Push us and we will kick your mining companies out, they pay fuck all tax anyway!
We will never trust the USA or look up to you the same way again.