... Of course, there have been losses, there has been some pain on both sides, but it’s slowly getting better.
What prospects do you see for our economic ties, maybe in the energy sphere as well, given the circumstances we are living in?
Igor Yushkov:
Sanctions vs. Cheap Oil: What is More Dreadful for Russia’s Fuel & Energy Complex?
For European Union countries, one main point is that they’re a net energy importer. The EU is the largest net energy importer in the world, bigger than Japan and China. Its production is scheduled to go down and its consumption is projected to rise. So it will need to fill that gap — that growing deficit — with energy from somewhere else. Now, of course, people are talking about diversification, about seeking ...
... policies towards Russia in the last two decades supporting its structural modernization. And it is still the prevalent approach. Sanctions were conceived as a dissuasive measure regarding the Kremlin’s intervention in Ukraine, not as a tool to ruin ... ... geopolitics. As history has shown, no other organization has better guaranteed peace among its members and neighbors than the European Union.
Last but not least, there is no any indication suggesting that Asian powers, including China, share this strategic view regarding Russia. Beijing sees Moscow as a key diplomatic partner when it comes to challenging ...
... concept of the idea’s and treaties laid down, by the founding fathers of the European Union – before and since the tearing down of the infamous Berlin Wall... ... having their hired guns, pick off people in the crowd. Mr. Putin gets the blame – sanctions are initiated The EU leaders and the US admin then immediately blamed Mr.... ... trade with – from South America and India and to the mightiest of them all…China. However, the West, I suggest, actually needs Russia, far more than Russia needs...
