... threat to Russia, the hostility of the West toward it, and, most importantly, the scope of specific actions to contain Moscow have multiplied.
Large-scale Western sanctions have significantly exacerbated the challenges related to the modernization of the Russian economy. Russia is now excluded from the Western-centric global financial system, from technology and industrial goods. The official restrictions are accompanied by massive corporate boycotts. A large number of companies from countries friendly to Russia,...
... Russia has little choice but to go for even greater rapprochement with China in the new foreign policy and socio-economic environment.
Against this background, Chinese business is perceived as a force capable of bridging the gap with the West for the Russian economy. But is it all so clear-cut? Will these expectations be justified? Let’s find out.
Cautiousness of Big Business
Ivan Timofeev:
Ukrainian Crisis. Who Has the Upper Hand?
Amid unprecedented sanctions the West has imposed on Russia, big business ...
... supply of S-400 missile defence systems in December 2021 and the conclusion of the agreement on joint production of over 600,000 AK-203 assault rifles at a location in Uttar Pradesh shows progress. It reflects the close and continuing links between Russian and Indian defence establishments and industries, reaffirming New Delhi’s dogged adherence to its strategic autonomy.
On the wide spectrum of economy covering trade, investment, energy, technology and other domains, the New Delhi summit has a clear path forward. It includes long-term arrangements for the supply of commodities like oil, gas, fertilizers and coking coal to India; Russian investment ...
... revelation was the economic article written by Fyodor Mikhailovich in “
A Writer’s Diary
”, which was in fact one of Dostoevsky’s last articles on the ways Russia was developing. In this article, Dostoevsky largely anticipates such key topics for the Russian economy as the “turn to the East”, the prioritisation of long-term development guidelines (as an argument in favour of the creation of the Stabilisation Fund in our time), the fight against bureaucracy, the importance of public confidence in the economic ...
Russia and the EU currently seem to be nowhere near even embarking on a path towards “Cold Partnership”. The EU and Russia will not be able to overcome their fundamental disagreements in the coming decade
In November 2020, the EU-Russia Expert Network ...
October 26-27, 2021
The Journal JEECAR has organized a two-day virtual Conference on
Economic Transformations of the Central Asian Region and the Influence of China, Russia, and the U.S.
The Conference is administered in cooperation with the Almaty Management University, Kazakhstan, The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), and Webster University in St. Louis, MO, USA. The event will provide an exclusive forum ...
... launches for ten years. The document was first signed back in 2009. In March, the Treaty of Good Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation
was prolonged
, an agreement that has been
cementing relations
between the two countries for the past 20 years.
Economy contrasted with diplomacy
Ivan Timofeev:
Sino-Russian Relations Are Still Not an Alliance, but They Are More Than Partnership
However, despite the long-sustained foreign policy rapprochement, Russia and China are far from fully utilizing their bilateral economic potential. In 2020, according to the ...
... similar or equal to Russia. and describes both countries as “revisionist powers.” According to this strategy, “China and Russia want to shape a world antithetical to US values and interests.” In the previous concepts, the political regime in the ... ... including corruption and the use of surveillance,” thereby undermining the sovereignty of its neighbours. The same applies to the economy. The previous doctrines identified as problems the high role of the public sector in the Chinese economy and cases of ...
... countries regarding their environmental responsibility. This annual “Rational Approach” Environmental Transparency Rating of Oil and Gas Companies laid the ground for a comprehensive observation of how oil and gas companies as the backbone of the Russian economy implement ESG standards and how they manage environmental challenges. Over the course of years, the Rating has raised the environmental responsibility and transparency of the oil and gas industry to a new quality level; this process began six ...
... digital foundation and in a rather short time span. Russia has developed
the National Technological Initiative
(NTI), a long-term programme aimed at ensuring the leadership of Russian companies on new high-tech markets that will emerge in the global economy during the next 15-20 years.
Like India, Russia is now preparing to test and deploy 5G networks. The national “Digital Economy” programme (planned up to the year 2030) is currently under implementation. NTI and Russia’s other efforts in the technological field can be coordinated with the ...
