UKRAINE: BBC TELLS THE SIMPLE STRATEGY : CUT OFF THE MONEY —“The business clan

UKRAINE: BBC TELLS THE SIMPLE STRATEGY : CUT OFF THE MONEY

—“The business clans are the Achilles’ heels of the regime. With smart sanctions, targeting financial assets and judicious visa bans, including on members of the Yanukovych family, the West could help to break the status quo in Ukraine. Big businesses need access to European markets. Further instability will devalue their assets. Cutting off European oxygen would mean that the cost of doing business under a Yanukovych presidency would be too high. This is the main leverage that the EU and the US have.”—