Sanctions Fatigue: When the U.S. Starts Running Out of Punishment Tools

Sanctions Fatigue: When the U.S. Starts Running Out of Punishment Tools: It’s wild to think about, but apparently, Washington is running out of things to sanction in Russia. Yep, those were the actual words from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio this week. You can almost hear the exhaustion behind that line — like a parent who’s grounded their kid so many times that there’s literally nothing left to take away. At this point, the U.S. has slapped penalties on everything from banks to billionaires to cats that look suspiciously Russian (okay, maybe not the cats… yet). But now, after hitting oil giants like Lukoil and Rosneft — the big ones — Rubio basically admitted they’re scraping the bottom of the sanctions barrel