... has brought new challenges to Syria. According to
data from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
published on September 23, 2020, the damage done to the Syrian economy by the end of 2019 exceeded USD 442 bn. Still, under sanctions and with no international consensus on how to finance recovery, the country has not only failed to overcome the acute economic crisis but has also been hit by the negative consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, compounded by an unstable situation ...
Three key risks for Russia
On the eve of the US presidential election, there is growing interest in what the policy of sanctions against Russia will be if one of the candidates wins. Will they become more stringent if Joe Biden wins? Should we expect an escalation from the Trump administration? Do elections play any role in the policy of sanctions?
Igor Ivanov:
Choice ...
The Carter Center Report
The Carter Center Report
The U.S. has maintained sanctions against Syria since the 1970s. However, the majority of current
U.S. sanctions on Syria were imposed in two broad phases: a first phase in the 2000s that U.S.
policymakers stated was a response to Syrian support for terrorism, activities in ...
The worst scenario for the United States is the consolidated actions of Moscow and Beijing on military-technical cooperation with Iran on the basis of Resolution 2231
A new round of escalation of US sanctions pressure on Iran is taking place in connection with Tehran’s “violation” of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (hereinafter referred to as the JCPOA or “nuclear deal”). It is connected with the expiration of the embargo on the ...
... "Business Life after Covid: Back on Track?" took place. The main topics of the conference were the impact of the pandemic on globalization and its lasting effect for business. The participants also discussed the risks of further escalation of sanctions against Russia, their impact on the business of foreign companies in Russia, and the process of post-covid economic recovery.
Ivan Timofeev, RIAC Director of Programs, spoke at the opening of the conference.
The story so far and why it’s time to let go
Republican Senator Ted Cruz has become the principal Sisyphus-like character to take over the task of rolling the boulder of sanctions against Nord Stream II. The last four years have seen tumultuous U.S. sanctioning efforts against the project and have epitomized an outdated, stale, and dangerous policy against the Russian Federation that should be re-prioritized and established ...
... Council was simply impossible. However, the arms embargo was imposed for five years and expires in October 2020. Washington has made an attempt to extend these restrictions, and at the same time to renew the full-scale effect of UN Security Council sanctions against Iran, accusing it of non-compliance with the JCPOA.
Pyotr Kortunov:
JCPOA: Forward Into the Past
The efforts of the US delegation at the UN turned out to be deplorable — first in the Security Council, the American draft resolution ...
... gridlock in Ukraine. Russia's subsequent involvement in the issue, with bold actions in Crimea and the incident with Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, led to a political outcry in the EU. The main
tool
applied by the EU to reprehend Russia was economic sanctions and restrictions targeted at Russian
officials
and individuals.
In order to overcome political stalemate, all the concerned parties initiated the Minsk negotiation process, which went through several rounds of talks in 2014-2015 and finally ...
it is not uncommon for the United States to impose sanctions on its own allies and even American companies
The United States’ sanctions are commonly associated with “America’s enemies” like Iran, the DPRK, Cuba and Venezuela. Russia joined this list in 2014, and since last year China has been ...
... list. In practice, this means that the PRC citizens who were included in the SDN list will be largely deprived of banking services, and also lose the opportunity to make use of the services of multinational companies. All such companies fear secondary sanctions and fines from the US authorities. Naturally, in the PRC, there is the possibility to make use of internal banking, aside from global banks (Chinese banks operating in the global market are still extremely careful about the US sanctions regimes)....
