”We pretend to hurt our enemies but without hurting our own interests. Everyone involved in these posturing policies knows this. Nobody cares.

..Any country can ban bankers, lawyers, accountants, company directors and others from the rest of the world who keep the wheels turning for the Kremlin. The plutocratic elite is accustomed to frictionless globetrotting but only because we allow it. Even the faintest prospect of landing on a “no-fly” list of enablers would be an alarming prospect.”

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cdf82eb9-f3f5-4730-8cae-6d58e1e28638?shareToken=cf45e1ab12ac515fd0c91fc53dc3b404