... resources and levers.
Yuri Rubinsky
France is not ready to go out on its own, and its domestic political environment is also quite tricky.
France's stance is matched to that of Angela Merkel and the European Union, although Paris somewhat differs on the sanctions declared by the EU and the United States. The 2011 contract for four
Mistral
ships – actually two, as of today – used to be very lucrative for French military shipbuilding, especially because of stagnation and growing unemployment....
The Western countries continue to punish Moscow with sanctions for what is happening in Ukraine. Meanwhile experts warn that the restrictions may hit their initiators more than they hit Russia.
In late July 2014 Europe and the United States imposed
fresh sanctions
against Moscow. Apart from the now traditional ...
... developing markets in the region just as high as in Europe. The partnership between China and Russia has both political and economic dimensions.
Russia and China have similar positions on many global policy issues, including the events in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia. For all the importance of the gas contract signed by the two countries, partnership agreements in other economic sectors and major Chinese investment plans in Russia are no less significant.
I recently participated in a number ...
... unavoidable on observing the discussions on Ukraine in the U.S. For all the pluralist views on the causes, dynamics, and likely consequences of the Ukrainian crisis, U.S. political and expert opinion is almost exclusively centered on two points: first, the sanctions against Russia — their scope and consistency, mechanisms to apply them, and the potential impact on the Kremlin; second, the apparent and rather blinkered belief that the U.S. is quite capable of solving major international issues without ...
... Cooperation in Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue also appears to provide a healthy basis for joint activities for Russia, Canada, and the other Arctic states.
Canada is one of the most actively anti-Russian countries and was the first to impose sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian politicians. Ottawa has also suspended its participation in the Russian-Canadian Intergovernmental Economic Commission and shirked the session of the Arctic Council in Moscow.
Some business projects are delivering ...
... Medvedev. I met with Yury Deschitsa several times, who is appointed as acting Minster by Verkhovnaya Rada. The ministers of energy, as you know, discussed the situation of the theft of Russian gas. So we are in contact.
CHILCOTE: I want to move on to sanctions. President Putin has said that the use of sanctions against Russia would not be effective. One of the threats out there is to impose Iran-style sanctions against Russia. And most people agree that Iran-style sanctions (or the sanctions against ...
VIENNA (Tasnim) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov voiced his country's willingness to learn from Iran's experience in dealing with Western sanctions against Moscow over its alleged involvement in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
Sergei Ryabkov is heading the Russian team of negotiators in the new round of the nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers in the Austrian capital of Vienna....
... more and which are less disposed towards Russia? And how will this affect the future of the situation in Ukraine?
Elena Ananyeva:
The differences between elite opinion in Berlin and the other countries are obvious since businesses do not want harsher sanctions and even the population does not desire an aggravation of relations with Russia.
France is concerned about the contracts for two Mistral helicopter carriers. Frictions have emerged between London and Paris. With the decision to sanction Russia ...
Sanctions and Russia
The sanctions imposed on Russia in connection with the situation in Ukraine and Crimea are not so much a tool for exerting real and painful pressure, as they are a sign of an emerging turnaround in relations between Russia and the ...
... Enel, Fortum) in the Russian power generation sector.
The energy sector is characterized by significant inertia, and consequently, reacts little if at all to political developments. Therefore, I would rate the probability of direct, formalized trade sanctions by the EU on Russian energy resources exports as extremely low.
The energy sector is characterized by significant inertia, and consequently, reacts little if at all to political developments. Therefore, I would rate the probability of direct,...
