Former US Marines intelligence officer and Sputnik columnist Scott Ritter has traveled to Russia to see for himself how Western sanctions have affected the nation.
His firsthand experience proves that they, in fact, failed.
Military analyst and former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter during his travel across Russia, May 2023.
© Photo : Scott Ritter
Everything I saw while touring Russia underscored the incontrovertible fact that, because of Western sanctions, the Russian economy has been compelled to undertake changes which have not only made it more resilient, but also more productive and efficient. Foreign investments are surging in, proving that there is a world that exists beyond that controlled by the American economic hegemon.
"Upon my arrival to Russia, I expected to see a nation heavily impacted by the consequences of American-led sanctions. Instead, I saw a nation undergoing an economic revival, in large part thanks to the policies Russia was compelled to undertake because of Western sanctions," Ritter writes in his column.