.RUSSIA'S DIAMOND field is struggling. On January first the G7, a team of rich countries, and the European Association prohibited bring ins of harsh diamonds extracted in Russia-- a third of the complete removed worldwide in 2022. On January 3rd the EU included Russia's state exploration company, and its leader, to its penalties list. This is the very first stage of a detailed injunctions system: in March the G7 as well as EU will ban Russian treasures that have been actually reduced and polished abroad. In September they will definitely offer an accreditation program to validate where rubies were extracted. These steps add up to the largest modification to business in years. Why possesses it taken so long to impose penalties on Russia's gemstone business-- as well as what influence will they possess?