.RUSSIA'S gemstone business is under pressure. On January first the G7, a team of wealthy countries, and also the European Alliance outlawed bring ins of rugged precious stones mined in Russia-- a third of the total drawn out worldwide in 2022. On January 3rd the EU added Russia's condition exploration provider, as well as its own president, to its own sanctions list. This is actually the very first period of a comprehensive injunctions plan: in March the G7 and EU will ban Russian gems that have been cut and also perfected abroad. In September they will introduce a license scheme to verify where precious stones were mined. These steps add up to the greatest modification to the business in many years. Why has it taken as long to enforce sanctions on Russia's ruby sector-- and what effect will they have?