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Ex-US Marine Corps Intel Officer Visits Russia - Only to See Western Sanctions Have Failed

Following the launch of the special military operation in Ukraine, the collective West slammed unprecedented sanctions on Russia, to bring the nation to its knees. However, facts speak for themselves: the US and its allies' plot to bring down Russia was doomed to failure.
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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.
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.

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