I just talked to an NPC who thinks the best way to end the Ukraine war is to cut of Russia financially.
Discussion
they got gold coins and the rubel is a own system,
so its no problem for them to do trade with just brics+ nations
usa is quite irrelevant for them
When someone expresses an opinion on that war the best filtering mechanism is to ask them when it started. If they answer 2022 their opinion can be safely dismissed, but if they tell you 2014 then they might have something valuable to say.
Yes, there should be sanctions in place! That will do it!