But anything the international community can do to Russia will hurt the common people more than it will hurt the leaders. Economic sanctions cause widespread distress and privation, but the leaders never miss a meal. War, likewise, always falls harder on ordinary people than on those who make the decisions, until the point comes, if it ever comes, where the leaders have to be tried for war crimes or shot by revolutionaries.
Just something to keep in mind.
Just something to keep in mind.