Russian ministers sound alarm in unison, threatens to unleash Russia’s full power

The confrontation between Russia and the West is steadily shifting from diplomatic maneuvering to direct pressure on the arteries that keep the Russian economy alive. For Moscow, the assumption that sanctions enforcement would remain indirect and negotiable is breaking down. Actions once handled through legal mechanisms and intermediaries are now increasingly enforced through physical control and coercive presence at sea. This change is being interpreted inside the Russian Federation not as routine sanctions policy, but as a deliberate escalation that closes the space for compromise. As expectations of relief collapse, Russian officials are reframing the conflict as one of betrayal rather than negotiation. The result is a more volatile phase in which economic pressure, maritime enforcement, and war rhetoric begin to reinforce one another instead of serving as tools for de-escalation.

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