The Turkish government said they were heros and refused to let them travel in the storage compartment, instead insisting they all travel in first class in their return to Mexico.

We love those dogs to bits here in Mexico, specially us who have lived through an earthquake and seen all the amazing, heroic things they do.

My understanding is that the sanctions aren't meant to hurt the average citizen and push him to revolt, but to cripple the Russian government's ability to aquire material like microchips and components for weapons, which are working.

That the general population sufferes financially is just a side effect.