.RUSSIA'S DIAMOND sector is actually under pressure. On January first the G7, a group of rich nations, as well as the European Union disallowed bring ins of rough gemstones extracted in Russia-- a 3rd of the complete removed worldwide in 2022. On January 3rd the EU added Russia's state mining firm, and also its own chief executive, to its own decrees list. This is actually the first period of a thorough penalties program: in March the G7 and also EU will ban Russian treasures that have actually been cut and refined abroad. In September they will definitely launch an accreditation program to verify where precious stones were mined. These measures amount to the greatest adjustment to business in decades. Why possesses it taken such a long time to impose penalties on Russia's precious stone sector-- and what impact will they have?