.RUSSIA'S precious stone field is under the gun. On January 1st the G7, a group of rich countries, as well as the European Union outlawed imports of rough gemstones extracted in Russia-- a 3rd of the complete extracted worldwide in 2022. On January 3rd the EU incorporated Russia's condition mining company, as well as its leader, to its injunctions list. This is the first period of an extensive sanctions program: in March the G7 and EU are going to outlaw Russian treasures that have actually been actually cut and fine-tuned abroad. In September they are going to present a license program to confirm where gemstones were actually extracted. These solutions amount to the most significant modification to business in decades. Why possesses it taken as long to enforce injunctions on Russia's gemstone field-- and what impact will they have?