.RUSSIA'S precious stone industry is actually under the gun. On January first the G7, a team of wealthy nations, and the European Alliance disallowed bring ins of harsh gemstones unearthed in Russia-- a 3rd of the complete drawn out worldwide in 2022. On January 3rd the EU incorporated Russia's condition exploration company, as well as its ceo, to its own decrees checklist. This is actually the 1st phase of a thorough sanctions plan: in March the G7 as well as EU will certainly prohibit Russian gems that have been actually cut and also polished abroad. In September they will definitely introduce an accreditation program to confirm where diamonds were actually unearthed. These steps add up to the greatest improvement to business in years. Why has it taken so long to enforce injunctions on Russia's ruby sector-- and what impact will they possess?