Putin Should Benefit From Higher Oil Prices. Not Clear He Will

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There’s a paradox haunting threats to cut off imports of Russia’s oil to punish it for its invasion of Ukraine: the more markets take the threat seriously, the more valuable its most important export becomes. At least in theory.