I hate it when a serious issue is dragged to the extreme in such distracting ways. Dostoyevski and chess players are not the problem , be smart
This is quite age old tactic that usually doesn't work, punishing civilians in the war usually does not demoralize them, but works against the aggressor. Same can be said about these sanctions. Why would they trust the west if we want to punish them and their only hope is their current administration?
They have only one enemy, the Russian government.
Do you think layman thinks the friend is the person who punishes them without them doing anything wrong? I find that seriously difficult to believe.
Think about it yourself. You go to a nightclub and then the doorman says only you're not allowed, because your friends who just went in said you're not wanted. Do you still consider them as your friends and just think it's for your best?
That's a very odd logic there.
The better example is you go to a nightclub and the doorman won't let you in because he says your friends were there being dicks earlier. Do you go and chew out your friends or get angry with the man stopping your night for something you didn't even do?