One deterrent that might actually daunt the Kremlin: threat to expel sons and daughters of Russian kleptocrats from posh English schools and universities theguardian.com/education/2016…
Instead of stopping ordinary Russians from eating, expel top Russians from Eton.
Follow up with forensic audit of ownership of every empty house in Mayfair and Kensington.
Spot checks of skiiers in Moncler gear at Swiss resorts.
Cigar embargo now. davidoff-bronnaya.ru
Most expensive hotel in Paris offers a drop down menu in French, English, and Russian. 
The Russian elite is uniquely vulnerable to foreign - and especially EU + UK - financial sanctions
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Halt private aviation out of Russia to anywhere in EU/UK/Switzerland. aeroaffaires.com/private-jet-hi…
Make the kleptocrats fly commercial!
It's Putin propaganda that the West faces a choice: abandon Ukraine or face World War III.
Russia is an economy smaller than Canada. Its upper class has stashed their wealth abroad. It imports almost everything it consumes, including food.
Don't believe the stooges.
Russia is an economy smaller than Canada. Its upper class has stashed their wealth abroad. It imports almost everything it consumes, including food.
Don't believe the stooges.
Russia is the world's biggest exporter of grain, but they import their meat, their milk, their fruits, and their vegetables. intellinews.com/russia-has-bec…
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