weeks later, the eu added khudainatov to their sanctions list.room villa in portofino on the italian riviera. what we have seen is a sea change in global partners�* reaction to russia. if things in russia don't change, then these sanctions won't go away. more than eight months on from vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine, the war he thought would take days is still raging. largely hidden from view, the sanctions fight also goes on. putin. putin has accused the west of unleashing a sanctions war against russia, and the kremlin has threatened to retaliate. this is a regime that has blowback, that has impact on us as western democracies. we are going to have to suffer gas shortages, oilshortages, disruption in our industries — and that's something that different political leaders across the world are really struggling to reconcile at the moment. the west may be bracing for a tough winter, but the us believe sanctions are taking a much greater toll on russia. the sanctions that are in place, they don't stop at the list ofjust rich russians. the idea