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The latest wave of sanctions does not bring qualitative changes—their impact on the Russian economy and its relations with foreign partners is unlikely to be fundamental Amid the second anniversary of the start of the Special Military Operation (SVO) in Ukraine, a number ...
... authorities in taking restrictive measures against Russians. Given the work on criminalization of acts related to violating the sanctions [ 2 ] at the EU level, soon any Russian citizen staying in the EU territory can potentially be held criminally liable,... ... restrictive measures as an area of crime that meets the criteria specified in Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. OJ L 308, 29.11.2022, p. 18–21
... practice becomes widespread, another nail will be driven into the coffin of human ties between Russia and the EU In Russia, the new European Commission (EC) rules on the import of sanctioned goods by Russian citizens has caused quite a stir. The EU sanctions policy against Russia includes a wide range of measures. These include blocking financial sanctions, sectoral restrictions, transport and visa bans, export controls on a wide range of goods, as well as a ban on the import of a number of goods ...
... goods. Up to now, for example, there have been no cases of blocking sanctions for the supply through third countries of "luxury goods" or other less technologically advanced manufactured goods. But this practice may appear in the future. The European Union is also introducing instruments into its law that allow the application of similar sanctions. For example, paragraph (h) Art. 3 of EU Council Regulation 269/2014 empowers the Council to impose blocking sanctions against any individuals or legal entities involved in circumventing sanctions against Russia. There is no mass practice comparable ...
... withdrawal from the Western markets, the search for alternative suppliers in friendly countries, as well as reliable mechanisms for financial transactions that are not related to the US dollar or other Western currencies The significant number of sanctions against Russia has naturally led to an increase in the number of attempts to circumvent them. If before the start of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine (SMO) in February 2022, investigations into violations of sanctions regimes against ...
The main intrigue of the package was restrictive measures against foreign countries and organisations that interact with Russia The European Union has introduced its eleventh package of sanctions against Russia . The main intrigue of the package was restrictive measures against foreign countries and organisations that interact with Russia. It pertains to cooperation in those areas that are one way or another under EU sanctions. In other ...
... compounded by even more serious economic difficulties. The conflict is encouraging the expanding informal economy to play a major role in Syria due to high levels of corruption. The country's civilian infrastructure has not yet been restored, and the sanctions imposed on Damascus by the United States and the EU in particular are hampering economic recovery. Until 2022, a number of Russian companies were reasonably worried about doing business in Syria because of the risk of Western sanctions. However,...
... even though a restart of flights is currently negotiated. Second, Georgia began to receive “unpleasant signals” from the European Union. In the European structures, especially in the EuroParliament, Saakashvili retained quite a strong lobby, which ... ... carrot of a “candidate status” as an encouragement. On the other hand, Russia will hardly even notice Georgia’s individual sanctions, whereas Russia’s potential all-out retaliation could be very painful for the small country. The practice introduced ...
... will certainly be serious technical expertise behind the special envoy’s official statements. It should also be expected that the special envoy will use in his work the expertise of think tanks of the EU, the US and other Western countries. In the European Union itself, the expertise in the field of sanctions has taken a big step forward in the last 20 years, both in application and in the academic sense. Therefore, it is necessary to abandon the capricious moods regarding the newness of EU policy. While lagging far behind the US in terms of experience ...
We can talk about the relative novelty of the sanctions in terms of the number and intensity of the measures applied. However, for a number of qualitative characteristics, they contain patterns that have been well studied in the past The “sanctions tsunami” against Russia is rightly considered ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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