.RUSSIA'S gemstone sector is actually under the gun. On January first the G7, a group of rich countries, as well as the European Association outlawed imports of rugged precious stones mined in Russia-- a third of the complete extracted worldwide in 2022. On January 3rd the EU added Russia's state mining provider, and also its own ceo, to its penalties list. This is actually the 1st period of a thorough decrees program: in March the G7 as well as EU will disallow Russian gems that have been reduced and polished abroad. In September they are going to introduce a qualification plan to verify where precious stones were actually unearthed. These steps add up to the most significant modification to business in years. Why possesses it taken as long to establish injunctions on Russia's gemstone industry-- as well as what impact will they possess?