... navigation equipment, certain categories of cars, computers, marine engines, and many other categories of industrial and consumer goods. Separately, it is worth highlighting the export control of dual-use goods, although they existed before.
Ivan Timofeev:
Ukrainian Crisis. Who Has the Upper Hand?
Eighth
. A ban on the import of cash dollars and euros into Russia, as well as restrictions on opening deposits above certain amounts in some initiating countries.
Ninth
. The exit from normal trade relations ...
... of economic interaction—established some 30 years ago to function rather well ever since—was suddenly stifled. Bilateral cooperation has received a severe blow, and it is not yet clear how to recover from it.
The Ukrainian factor
Ivan Timofeev:
Ukrainian Crisis. Who Has the Upper Hand?
The transition of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict into an acute phase, while the relations with NATO are progressively deteriorating when it comes to one of the “four powers”, traditionally seen in Korea as ...
... Russian government on March 14 to prohibit
exports
of wheat, rye, their mixture (maslin), barley, corn into the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union until June 30, 2022, and exports of sugar into third countries until August 31.
Ivan Timofeev:
Ukrainian Crisis. Who Has the Upper Hand?
Even before Russia’s military operation in Ukraine,
FAO experts
estimated that decreasing crops had a negative effect on the turbulence on the global grain market, and Russia’s and Ukraine’s dominance in ...
On March 9, 2022, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Pierre Levy, French Ambassador to Russia, at his residence
On March 9, 2022, Andrey Kortunov, RIAC Director General, had a meeting with Pierre Levy, French Ambassador to Russia, at his residence.
The conversation was structured around the state and prospects of Russia-France relations in the context of Russia’s military operation on the territory of Ukraine. Possible new EU sanctions against Russia, as well as the options...
Putin’s move has been dubbed a “war of choice” by the U.S. administration—in fact, Russia’s military retaliation has been forced on it by the U.S. Russia’s primary concern now is to prevent city-based violence in all major cities
The main objective of this study is to debunk some common misconceptions against Russia and its contentious military intervention in Ukraine. If we look at the coverage and reporting of mainstream media outlets of the West, we can see that the majority of myths were created...
On March 7, 2022, the Emirates Policy Center held an online expert roundtable discussion on geopolitical and geo-economic consequences of the Ukrainian crisis
On March 7, 2022, the Emirates Policy Center held an online expert roundtable discussion on geopolitical and geo-economic consequences of the Ukrainian crisis. The participants included over seventy experts, journalists and diplomats ...
Franco-Russian Conversation with Andrey Kortunov and Michel Duclos
On 25 November, Russia seized 24 Ukrainian sailors in the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. It is the first open clash between the two countries since 2014. What does this mean? Will it escalate? What is to be expected from foreign powers? Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the
Russian International Affairs Council
, and Michel Duclos, former Ambassador and Special Advisor for Institut Montaigne...
... Russia including
I understand the fundamentals. Russia lost Germany back in 2014 or even earlier. Seventy-three years after the end of WW2 and twenty-eight years after the reunification, the new generation of Germans owes Russian nothing. After the Ukrainian crisis, no ‘business as usual’ is possible in any foreseeable future; Moscow and Berlin continue to sharply disagree on many critically important international matters. Germany is and will always be a disciplined member of NATO and that ...
... peacekeeping mission.
Keeping the pan-European perspective in mind.
There is undoubtedly a bilateral causal link between the current crisis involving Ukraine and the more general problems related to European (or Euro–Atlantic) security. For as long as the Ukrainian crisis remains unresolved, the European security system cannot become indivisible; nor will it be possible to overcome the new east division of the continent. At the same time, the Ukrainian crisis cannot be resolved completely all efforts are ...
Nuclear deterrence is the only reason why the world did not plunge into a nuclear conflict during the Cold War and is not sliding down that path now as we are living through a new Cold War which is even worse than the previous one. This view was stated at the Valdai Club by Sergei Karaganov, Dean of the School of World Economics and International Affairs at the National Research University—Higher School of Economics.
Nuclear deterrence is the only reason why the world did not plunge into a nuclear...
