Analytical articles
Why do countries that initiate sanctions reduce them? How long-term and sustainable is such a process?
ShortThe concept of secondary sanctions remains vague. It has acquired not only and not even so much a legal or political character, but a psychological one
ShortChanging Russia’s demographics, shifts in the global trade structure, and transition to the post-information society resulting from the fourth industrial revolution
ShortMoscow’s policy of building transaction mechanisms independent of the Western financial infrastructure will reduce the ability of Western countries to use their financial capabilities for political purposes
ShortNew legal mechanisms on both sides cement the economic barriers that, most likely, will last for years and decades
ShortSanctions are presented more as an instrument of causing damage, that is, an instrument of war, rather than an instrument for achieving political goals, or what could be called an instrument of diplomacy
ShortThe 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
ShortThe tit-for-tat logic will continue to dominate relations between Russia and the West
ShortAnother indicator of China’s containment in the field of high technologies is President Biden’s new Executive Order “On Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern”
ShortNew rules to restrict the importation of personal belongings by Russian citizens into the EU
ShortPoll conducted
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In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements 33 (31%) U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity 30 (28%) U.S. wants to dissolve Russia 24 (22%) U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China 21 (19%)
