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Sanctions on the Anniversary of the Special Operation in Ukraine

The further escalation of sanctions against Russia is inevitable On the anniversary of the start of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine (SMO), a group of Western countries imposed new massive economic sanctions against Russia. The introduction of new sanctions was announced ...

06.03.2023

Syria: Humanitarian Crisis and Disaster

... between Syria and Turkey, which was the lowest figure since 2014 . The UN explained it by citing uncertainty regarding the renewal of Resolution 2585 in July 2022. Deliveries of humanitarian aid across the line of contact Ruslan Mamedov: U.S. and EU Sanctions against Syria One of the conditions for extending the operation of the Bab al-Hawa checkpoint was to increase the supply of humanitarian aid to the north-western regions of Syria through the line of contact (that is, from the territory controlled ...

13.02.2023

What to Expect from the EU Special Envoy on Sanctions?

Even before February 2022, Brussels intended to significantly increase its capacity in the field of economic restrictions. The appointment of a special representative on sanctions is one of the indicators of such an increase The European Union bureaucracy has established a new position: the International Special Envoy for the Implementation of EU Sanctions. This post will be held by David O’Sullivan, who previously ...

03.02.2023

Does Syria’s Road Back to the Arab Family Go Through the UAE?

... not ed the UAE’s “long game on Syria”, possibly as a counter to its regional rival Iran, while others have already speculated about al-Assad’s attempts to find an alternative to the sanctioned Russia. Why the UAE? Ruslan Mamedov: U.S. and EU Sanctions against Syria Currently, the United Arab Emirates is the only Arab Gulf nation to have been visited by President Assad during the Syrian conflict (in March 2022), with both countries witnessing the largest number of reciprocal visits on a high ...

23.01.2023

Unprecedented Sanctions? By No Means

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 ...

09.01.2023

Oil Price Threshold: Action and Reaction

The experience of US law enforcement practice shows that there will be violations of the sanctions regime, and US regulators have developed mechanisms for detecting them The introduction of a price threshold for Russian oil has been discussed for several months. The idea was announced back in early September in a statement by the finance ...

30.11.2022

Sanctions Against Russia: Have Their Limits Been Reached?

Russia’s experience shows that despite the damage to the economy and some imbalances, it is possible to adapt to large-scale sanctions Russia has been the target of Western sanctions for several years. The main stages of the escalation were related to the events of 2014 and the adoption of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017, the most ambitious ...

28.11.2022

USA Versus USA: Why American Business Also Loses from Sanctions

Americans are the leaders in terms of getting fined by the US Treasury but the largest amounts are paid by European financial companies Since February 2022, the Western states have rapidly tightened their policy of sanctions against Russia, which has become the undisputed leader in the number of restrictive measures imposed against it. The United States has shown the most zeal and resolve in this regard. At the same time, Washington has continued to expand restrictions ...

11.11.2022

How Russia Sees U.S. Sanctions

... move on our part leads to widespread famine is repeated again and again like a mantra. The fact that only a fraction of grain shipments under the deal reached truly vulnerable nations is being widely disputed. Another fact, that if it were not for the sanctions Russia could cover a significant part of food shortages, is being hushed up. All the while our readiness to immediately send up to 500,000 tons of grain and 300,000 tons of fertilizers to the poorest countries is being criticized as “too little,...

07.11.2022
 

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