Effectiveness of Economic/Financial Sanctions

Treasury Aims for Economic Pain on Russia, but Critics Question Effectiveness
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/us/politics/russia-sanctions-effectiveness-adeyemo.html
ACLU helped defeat plan to seize Russian oligarchs’ funds for Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/04/08/aclu-ukraine-russia-oligarchs/

Putin Reminds the World He Still Wields a Powerful Economic Weapon
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/02/business/economy/russia-ukraine-sanctions-gas.html
Despite Western sanctions, Russian ruble and banks are recovering
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/31/ruble-recovery-sanctions-russia/ 

How to Use Economic Sanctions Wisely
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/russia-sanctions-preventing-blowback-on-open-system-by-anne-o-krueger-2022-03
Economic Weapons of Mass Destruction
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/economic-wmds-and-the-risk-of-deglobalization-by-raghuram-rajan-2022-03
 
What Sanctions Mean for Russia’s $140 Billion in Gold
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-sanctions-mean-for-russias-140-billion-in-gold-11648168459
Russia Is Talking About Using Bitcoin as Payment for Exports
https://www.barrons.com/articles/political-stalemate-could-push-covid-19-vaccines-onto-the-private-markets-51648221810

These Russia Sanctions Are Different
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/russia-sanctions-severe-economic-geopolitical-impact-by-jeffrey-frankel-2022-03

Think Twice Before Sanctioning Russia Further

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/danger-of-escalating-western-sanctions-against-russia-by-robert-skidelsky-2022-03

Lose-Lose Trade Sanctions
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/russia-trade-sanctions-ineffective-with-high-costs-by-pinelopi-koujianou-goldberg-2022-03