.RUSSIA'S precious stone market is actually under the gun. On January first the G7, a team of rich countries, and the European Association disallowed bring ins of rugged diamonds unearthed in Russia-- a 3rd of the complete extracted worldwide in 2022. On January 3rd the EU added Russia's state exploration provider, and its ceo, to its own injunctions list. This is the 1st phase of a detailed injunctions system: in March the G7 and EU are going to prohibit Russian treasures that have been cut and perfected abroad. In September they will certainly launch a qualification plan to confirm where rubies were actually mined. These actions amount to the most significant improvement to your business in many years. Why has it taken so long to enforce decrees on Russia's precious stone business-- and what impact will they have?