.RUSSIA'S gemstone field is actually under pressure. On January first the G7, a team of abundant countries, and also the European Union disallowed imports of harsh gemstones extracted in Russia-- a third of the overall removed worldwide in 2022. On January 3rd the EU included Russia's state mining business, and also its own chief executive, to its penalties checklist. This is the initial stage of a detailed decrees program: in March the G7 as well as EU will definitely ban Russian gems that have actually been reduced as well as fine-tuned abroad. In September they will certainly present a qualification system to confirm where gemstones were extracted. These solutions amount to the biggest modification to your business in many years. Why has it taken such a long time to impose penalties on Russia's gemstone industry-- and what effect will they have?