...
not
ed the UAE’s “long game on Syria”, possibly as a counter to its regional rival Iran, while others
have already speculated
about al-Assad’s attempts to find an alternative to the sanctioned Russia.
Why the UAE?
Ruslan Mamedov:
U.S. and EU Sanctions against Syria
Currently, the United Arab Emirates is the only Arab Gulf nation to have been visited by President Assad during the Syrian conflict (in March 2022), with both countries witnessing the largest number of reciprocal visits on a high ...
Sanctions now become exclusively a mechanism for causing damage
After the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, Western countries froze the assets of the Russian public and private sector entities which had been hit by blocking financial ...
We can talk about the relative novelty of the sanctions in terms of the number and intensity of the measures applied. However, for a number of qualitative characteristics, they contain patterns that have been well studied in the past
The “sanctions tsunami” against Russia is rightly considered ...
The experience of US law enforcement practice shows that there will be violations of the sanctions regime, and US regulators have developed mechanisms for detecting them
The introduction of a price threshold for Russian oil has been discussed for several months. The idea was announced back in early September in a statement by the finance ...
Russia’s experience shows that despite the damage to the economy and some imbalances, it is possible to adapt to large-scale sanctions
Russia has been the target of Western sanctions for several years. The main stages of the escalation were related to the events of 2014 and the adoption of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017, the most ambitious ...
Americans are the leaders in terms of getting fined by the US Treasury but the largest amounts are paid by European financial companies
Since February 2022, the Western states have rapidly tightened their policy of sanctions against Russia, which has become the undisputed leader in the number of restrictive measures imposed against it. The United States has shown the most zeal and resolve in this regard. At the same time, Washington has continued to expand restrictions ...
... move on our part leads to widespread famine is repeated again and again like a mantra.
The fact that only a fraction of grain shipments under the deal reached truly vulnerable nations is being widely disputed. Another fact, that if it were not for the sanctions Russia could cover a significant part of food shortages, is being hushed up. All the while our readiness to immediately send up to 500,000 tons of grain and 300,000 tons of fertilizers to the poorest countries is being criticized as “too little,...
The vagueness and breadth of the sanctions permeated an atmosphere of over-compliance that shuns even small projects
At this point, the Syrian issue is far from the core of global politics. Meanwhile, the situation in the country could be on the downward path again if there is inadequate ...
... restructure the mechanisms of its financial and trade relations with foreign countries
The deep political crisis in relations that emerged between Russia and the West after February 2022 has led to large-scale changes in the application of economic sanctions. There was a significant increase in the speed, concentration and scope at which sanctions could be applied to one country.
At first glance, the policy of sanctions is a narrow and even technical issue. Financial, trade, transport and other ...
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
On October 14, 2022, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a section "Cooperation with Friendly Countries ...
