Condoleezza Rice, discussing “changing Europe’s structure of energy“.

Flashback to a 2014 interview, former US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, explains the US policy of sanctioning Russia. Stating “80% of Russian economy is fuel and minerals“, and advocates for sanctioning fuel and gas. However, the Russian economy has long diversified its economy to include food, fertilisers, arms and so on. The sanctions has proved ineffective, and rather damaging to the nations imposing said sanctions.