... your mind, have these sanctions been effective in any way? And what can be done today to break the deadlock and re-establish sound economic relations between EU countries and Russia?
A.K.:
The sanctions did have a serious negative impact on the Russian economy. However, they failed to change the Russian position in Ukraine or to erode the popularity of President Putin inside Russia. Today the position of the European Union is that the lifting of sanctions depends on the full implementation of the Minsk Agreements on Ukraine signed a year ago by the leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine. However, in Russia many consider this approach hypocritical,...
... steps to satisfy all the requirements set out in the agreements. This is understandable: the Iranian economy stagnated under the sanctions. Now it can thrust itself onto the world trade, economic and financial market.
The sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United States and a handful of other countries in 2012 caused significant damage to the Iranian economy. As a result, Iran was on the verge of a serious economic crisis, fraught with social upheavals. Now the country does not want to lose a single day in restoring its economy.
Strengthening Cooperation with China
The Iranian economy stagnated under ...
... with its partner countries, and to establish joint Euro-Asian corporations in order to defend their economic interests in foreign markets.
Alexei Dzermant:
Belarus views the EEU as an economic union that can survive global turbulence. The Belarusian economy is open and export-oriented, so the EEU is expected to offer opportunities for equal access to markets, for cooperation, and for concerted industrial and financial policy. As a result, the EEU should become a significant economic pole on a global ...
... their investments in old projects because it would be unreasonable to lose the advantages they already enjoy in Russia.
Сompanies have had to adapt, to change the system for supply of parts that used to be brought from Europe.
Russia and Germany. Economy and
sanctions 2014-2015
The emerging situation is negative but stable and there is a growing sense that one has to work with what there is. Let us hope that this kind of stability will prompt other foreign companies to enter the Russian market....
... indirectly.”
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Sergey Rekeda:
Belarus to Learn Maidan Lessons
The crisis in the Belarusian economy encourages not only experts, but also some representatives of the state authorities to look for external resources without ... ... economic belt. We continue to see great promise in harmonizing the integration vehicles between the Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union”. In other words, the integration of the Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union is a matter of future....
... tariff rates. Therefore, the
talks between Armenia and the WTO will focus
on an increase in rates in significant sectors of the economy to the level adopted in the EEU .
In the meantime, the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Summit, which took place on 21 and 22 ... ... begin negotiations over a new format for their relationship; however, the talks were
postponed
, because the Council of the European Union did not adopt a corresponding negotiating mandate.
Armenia mostly regards its accession to the EEU as a means to ...
... dramatic domestic politics.
Oligarchs Bound for Europe
Until recently, Moldova was seen as the frontrunner in the race to the European Union, among other things within the Eastern Partnership program, having demonstrated the top results in the integration ... ... by oligarchs and crime, with the lead role played by Vlad Plakhotnyuk, a leader of the Democratic Party of Moldova.
Moldovan Economy: the Emerging Crisis and the Robbery of the Century
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Премьер-министр Молдовы
Валерий ...
... 1990-s managed to avoid the mistake a lot of western states made. Berlin sustained its productivity and continues with its industrial dynamic. It was rational to take advantage of the European Economic Union and to boost its exports. Greece’s economy is depended on tourism and agriculture. The economic rationality drives us to the following idea: Germany, France and the other eurozone states insist on the concept that Greece should pay back the massive loans that it took. After that, Greece ...
... 2013
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The share of goods exported to Russia in 2013 accounted for 8.3% of Ukraine’s GDP, whereas that to the EU – only 0.8% of GDP.
The Luhansk and Donetsk regions, also known as Donbass, are much more important for Ukraine’s economy. In 2012 the Donetsk region had the highest per capita GDP, €20,700, while the corresponding figure for Luhansk varied from €6,500 to €9,500
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. Donbass’ share in Ukraine's GDP was 16% in 2013; the Donetsk region, with ...
Kvashnin Yuri (Ph.D in History)
(Head, European Union Studies Department, IMEMO RAN, RIAC Expert)
Today the Russian-Greek economic relations are affected by a triple crisis: the ongoing crisis in Greece, the crisis in Russian–EU relations and Russia's economic hardships.
As for ...
