Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Mark Adomanis: Without EU cash, Russian business is sunk
View of a traffic jam on the Sadovoe (Garden) Ring in front of skyscrapers of Moscow City business center during sunset on August 4, 2013.
Before the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, it was hard to see how the Europeans were going to implement serious economic sanctions against Russia. But the shooting-down of a civilian airliner has been a political game-changer and has rapidly pushed formerly reluctant countries like Germany and France to a position that was widely considered impossible not even a full month ago.