- Since it initiated its sanctions campaign against Russia back in 2014 in response to the annexation of Crimea, Washington has insisted that its measures aren’t aimed at the Russian people.
- And among workers at the GAZ truck and van plant in Nizhny Novgorod – which survived Nazi bombing raids during the second world war but is being pushed toward collapse by the US Treasury measures – conspiracy theories abound.
- The factory has been targeted because of Washington’s sanctions against its owner, Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, over his alleged links to the Kremlin.