Project: The Sanctions Against Russia: Areas of Escalation and Counteraction Policies
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.
Analytics (69)
The regime of Western sanctions against Russia is likely to continue for decades. Therefore, investing in diversification is in many ways a non-alternative strategy
ShortIf the practice becomes widespread, another nail will be driven into the coffin of human ties between Russia and the EU
ShortSuch sanctions are unlikely to ensure the blockade of Russia desired by the Western initiators. This was not achieved even with respect to Iran, whose economy is smaller than…
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Interview (2)
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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Expert columns (6)
Russia’s experience shows that despite the damage to the economy and some imbalances, it is possible to adapt to large-scale sanctions
ShortSwitching payments for Russian gas deliveries into rubles is perfectly in line with the principles of today’s multilateral monetary system
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Project Managers
PhD in Political Science, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member
Program Coordinator at the Russian International Affairs Council
On June 20, 2023, the Interfax Group press center hosted a presentation of the 3rd edition of the anthology Sanctions Policy: Goals, Strategies, Tools prepared by RIAC in cooperation with the X- Compliance project of the Interfax Group
On October 14, 2022, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a section "Cooperation with Friendly Countries amid Sanctions Pressure on Russia" within the framework of the XIV Russian International Studies Association (RISA) Convention
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

Larisa Derizlazova, Andrey Pavlov

Preethi Amaresh
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PhD in Political Science, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member
PhD in Political Science, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC member
President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
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