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Interview with Dr Richard Connolly, Associate Fellow for Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House With sanctions regime being present since 2014, Russia’s relations with the United States and the European Union have not been easy. Previously, the EU has been mostly in line with sanctions proposed by the US. Taken the possibility of new sanctions being ...
... a similar rethink. Russia faces a number of forks in the road, which could determine the direction of its foreign policy. Relations with the West are a priority. The United States and the European Union this year will increase pressure on Russia via sanctions, military deterrence and information warfare. Russia will respond in kind, though the balance of power is significantly skewed in the West’s favor. Broadly speaking, the aim of Western countries is to change Russia’s approach to Ukraine....
... their incomes, as well as the incomes of their families, and the assets they own. The report must also indicate an assessment of advisability of blacklisting these individuals and organizations by the Treasury Department, that is, applying existing sanctions to them. The list turned out to be fairly compact, which is not surprising, because the time allocated for preparing it was limited. However, the anti-Russia lobby could have pushed for more extensive lists, since this is a one-time report, ...
... corruption. The demonstrations quickly became political and spread to around 100 population centres across the country within a couple of days. In 2012, the EU and the U.S. (which were later supported by a number of other countries) introduced unilateral sanctions against Iran. On Dey 22 (January 12, 2018), U.S. President Donald Trump said his country would withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran unless the document were revised to eliminate what he believed to be substantial ...
... Russia should have no illusions about a reversal of course in the near future. We must also avoid underestimating the efficiency of the tools to pressure us. These trends need to be thoroughly analyzed and monitored. Everything you want to know about how sanctions work So, the executive authorities will submit at least seven reports to Congress in 2018, which can be divided into three groups. The first group includes reports drawn up mostly by the US Department of the Treasury. The U.S. Treasury is the ...
... Syrian conflict resolution, noted the effectiveness of cooperation between Russia and Iran. In other words, the last meeting can be regarded as Moscow's response to Washington's threats against Iran. The feeling that Iran and Russia are in the same sanctions boat appeared in 2014 after the accession of the Crimea. As the U.S. pressure increased, the consolidation of the sides based on the counteraction to Washington only intensified. An attempt to bring collective anti-Americanism to a new level ...
... dealing with North Korea,” Trump stated . Rhetorically, this allows Washington to fall back on the axis-of-evil vocabulary. Furthermore, Trump also said in his statement that the previous U.S. administration had partially lifted the anti-Iranian sanctions just as the regime was about to collapse; therefore, reinstating the sanctions now appears to be a logical move aimed at correcting President Obama’s mistakes. It should be noted that Iran has done a much better job at halvanizing the public’s ...
On September 26, 2017, New York (USA) hosted a seminar on the impact of sanctions upon the global financial system. On September 26, 2017, New York (USA) hosted a seminar on the impact of sanctions upon the global financial system. Leading representatives of the U.S. financial community attended the event: Adam Shubin,...
The relations framework established during General de Gaulle’s 1966 visit to Russia allowed the countries to withstand the trial by sanctions 300 years of Russia-France diplomatic relations have been marked by a lot of events that seriously affected their development. The interest for Russia seems to have reduced among the French elite, involved in foreign policy making. Leading ...
... from London office of J.P. Morgan international investment bank visited Russian International Affairs Council. In RIAC the financial specialists from London discussed the dynamics of Russia’s political risks, the possible influence of the new U.S. sanctions on Russian financial system, preliminary macro-economic results of Russia’s development in the current year, and the probable improvement in relations between Russia and the West in the short- and middle-term perspective in the context of ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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