Project: The Sanctions Against Russia: Areas of Escalation and Counteraction PoliciesS
The Russian International Affairs Council has been studying the sanctions problem in depth since 2017. The RIAC sanctions work involves preparing analytical materials, monitoring legislations of initiating and target countries, and keeping an eye on restrictive measures implemented, creating databases, working with the expert community in Russia and abroad, and developing educational programs, including a specialized course at Moscow State Institute of International Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
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Reliable and uninterrupted maritime transit of people and cargo to the Kaliningrad Region has become a particularly pressing issue
ShortSanctions against Patriarch Kirill make the conflict between Russia and the West a clash of religious values
ShortThe next packages will be less spectacular, but they will be detrimental to specific businesses and areas of the economy
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Interview with Elena Dovgan, UN Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impact of the Unilateral Coercive Measures on the Enjoyment of Human Rights
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At the SPIEF Ivan Timofeev, an International affairs analyst, has explained how Moscow has been dealing with the impact from Western sanctions.
ShortThe big question is whether congresspeople should spend their political capital on promoting a bill that needs so many amendments at a time when Russia as a topic for discussion…
ShortWe have to re-evaluate the picture of the world that has appeared in the last five years, which implies that Russia’s interactions with Europe are associated with substantive…
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Switching payments for Russian gas deliveries into rubles is perfectly in line with the principles of today’s multilateral monetary system
ShortAlthough sanctions have affected the Russian economy, it continues to grow and become resilient towards increased trade barriers
ShortSanctions against Rosneft Trading are Washington's political signal not only to individual companies, but to Russian policy and relations with Venezuela in general
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PhD in Political Science, RIAC Director of Programs, RIAC Member, Head of "Contemporary State" program at Valdai Discussion Club
The event also focused on the trends of current sanctions policy, types of sanctions risks and ways to minimize them, as well as the consequences of sanctions for business
On April 9, 2021, RIAC took part in the panel of the International Studies Association (ISA) on the topic “Economic Sanctions in a Changing Geopolitical Environment: Disciplinary Perspectives and International Boundaries”.
The conference was attended by the representatives of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Interfax Group, Russian and foreign companies, as well as leading Russian experts on sanctions policy

Igor Okunev

Alfredo Toro Hardy

Leonid Leonid Grigoryev, Adrian Pabst
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PhD in Political Science, RIAC Director of Programs, RIAC Member, Head of "Contemporary State" program at Valdai Discussion Club
PhD in Political Science, RIAC Director of Programs, RIAC Member, Head of "Contemporary State" program at Valdai Discussion Club
President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
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