.RUSSIA'S DIAMOND sector is under the gun. On January first the G7, a team of wealthy nations, as well as the European Association prohibited bring ins of harsh precious stones extracted in Russia-- a 3rd of the overall extracted worldwide in 2022. On January 3rd the EU added Russia's condition mining company, and also its president, to its sanctions checklist. This is actually the very first stage of a complete decrees scheme: in March the G7 and EU will definitely prohibit Russian treasures that have been actually reduced as well as refined abroad. In September they will offer a certification program to validate where gemstones were actually mined. These actions add up to the biggest adjustment to business in decades. Why possesses it taken such a long time to enforce penalties on Russia's gemstone sector-- and also what effect will they have?