Sixty years prior , Ukraine 's breakaway peninsula was signed away just as swiftly by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev . Nina dos Santos says Europe must be ready to believe sanctions will benefit both sides . Targeting Russia 's business community would be a way of showing their support for Vladimir Putin , she says . But she says Europe would have a hard time keeping its factories running without power from the east .
Nina dos Santos says Europe must be ready to believe sanctions will benefit both sides . Targeting Russia 's business community would be a way of showing their support for Vladimir Putin , she says . But she says Europe would have a hard time keeping its factories running without power from the east .