From Igor Yurgens, Chairman of the Management Board of the Institute for Contemporary Development and Vice President of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs:

"The West vs Russia" at the National Interest:

Most importantly, beginning a new chapter is not the same as ending one—and it by no means preordains the final pages of the book. Perhaps ironically, the harder the West tries to isolate Russia, the more Western actions will strengthen forces inside the country that welcome isolation. This will make it increasingly difficult to find necessary cooperative solutions to current differences, and it is likely to increase costs on all sides.