Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, speaks on the sidelines of an EU meeting on May 20, where member states adopted a sixth package of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Photo: EU Council/DPA
Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, speaks on the sidelines of an EU meeting on May 20, where member states adopted a sixth package of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Photo: EU Council/DPA
Hagai M. Segal
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Hagai M. Segal

Russia has to pay a price for Ukraine war, but Europe must avoid crippling its economy and stoking hatred

  • EU sanctions could leave Russia in ruins if Putin’s brutal war drags on, drawing worrying parallels with 1930s Germany
  • The mistakes of the Treaty of Versailles offer a warning on how economic punishment can give rise to extreme nationalism and expansionism

Hagai M. Segal
Hagai M. Segal

Updated: 5:00am, 7 Jun, 2022

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Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, speaks on the sidelines of an EU meeting on May 20, where member states adopted a sixth package of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Photo: EU Council/DPA
Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, speaks on the sidelines of an EU meeting on May 20, where member states adopted a sixth package of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Photo: EU Council/DPA
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