Answering Stupid Questions About Sanctions

Imposing sanctions now would tell the Russian government that they will be sanctioned whether they show restraint or not.

Ukrainian President Zelensky asks an odd question during his interview with Lally Weymouth of The Washington Post:

Today our partners are saying that war may start tomorrow if there is a powerful escalation on the Russian side, and then there will be powerful sanctions applied. But if we are talking about the sanctions policy and the probability of escal…