For an outsider, it seems like Russia gets punished for the same crimes that other western nations have committed and continue to commit even today.
Europe and America still continue to support invasions and occupations in the middle east and hence these sanctions seems especially hipocritical.
Not being welcomed into an alliance or supranational union is not a sanction. Not being in them is the default state for a country.
At no point have I made the argument that the countries Russia has invaded and controlled want to keep Russia out of these organisations as a matter of moral principals. I explicitly said it was a matter of self interest. They are not telling Russia off, they are making themselves safe from Russia.
For an outsider, it seems like Russia gets punished for the same crimes that other western nations have committed and continue to commit even today. Europe and America still continue to support invasions and occupations in the middle east and hence these sanctions seems especially hipocritical.
Not being welcomed into an alliance or supranational union is not a sanction. Not being in them is the default state for a country.
At no point have I made the argument that the countries Russia has invaded and controlled want to keep Russia out of these organisations as a matter of moral principals. I explicitly said it was a matter of self interest. They are not telling Russia off, they are making themselves safe from Russia.
That’s fair i guess.