... States was only able to end this independence in the 2010s under the threat of secondary sanctions and financial penalties. The European Union criticised the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Germany and France were particularly vocal. Even Moscow adopted a more cautious and balanced policy. Finally, after the Ukraine crisis started in 2014, the EU was hardly in a hurry to escalate sanctions against Russia. Brussels, and especially Berlin, were irritated by the first Trump administration’s attempts to impede the construction ...
The economic competition between “bullets and armour” continues
The eighteenth package of EU sanctions was marked by a focus on the energy sector. From the very beginning of the Special Military Operation (SMO) in 2022, Brussels has placed particular emphasis on measures restricting the Russian fuel and energy sector. Bans were introduced and expanded on energy imports, on the export of equipment and technology for the oil, gas, and other industrial sectors, and on investments in the energy sector. Targeted restrictions were introduced ...
Ukraine will have to pay the price for the hawks’ triumph
A new wave of sanctions against Russia has captured global attention, with the European Union’s 19
th
package taking centre stage. Brussels had been working on it for a long time; Slovakia blocked its adoption back in late September, and Hungary also voiced objections. However, a new version of the package was ultimately adopted....
We live in the realities of 2025, when increased efforts do not result in proportional damage
The European Union has introduced its 18
th
package of sanctions against Russia. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas has
called
it “one of the strongest sanctions packages against Russia to date.” It is hard to call the new measures painless, but their destructive power is clearly ...
... and other raw materials. At the same time, external political factors may have a growing influence on Russian-Chinese economic relations. These include the trade war between China and the United States, a possible escalation of US sanctions against Russia, and the expansion of secondary sanctions by the European Union against Chinese companies.
Russian-Chinese Dialogue: The 2024 Model. RIAC Report
The trade war, in the form of increased import duties on imported goods, has become one of the calling cards of Donald Trump's second term in office. The ...
The prospect of these measures influencing Moscow’s political decisions remains negligible
The seventeenth package of EU sanctions was discussed at length by the EU authorities. Against the backdrop of Russian-American negotiations on Ukraine, it symbolized the independence of the EU’s political position and the unity of its ranks on the Ukrainian issue. The new package of restrictive measures fulfilled its signal and symbolic role. But Brussels again ...
On February 10, 2025, the press center of the Russia Today International Media Agency (RT) hosted a roundtable discussion on “Protests in Serbia: Prospects for Overcoming ... ....
Experts discussed the impact of key foreign and domestic factors driving the protests, as well as the implications of U.S. sanctions targeting the country’s oil and gas sector. Participants also assessed how the political crisis could influence the ...
... legislation and their interpretation creates additional risks for working under an EU jurisdiction, even in those areas that are not formally subject to restrictions.
3. Recognising effective control over compliance with the restrictions regime against Russia as a priority for EU sanctions policy.
Since February 2022, the supranational bodies of the European Union have actively participated in developing a specialised legal framework and facilitating the investigation of violations in EU countries. Among other things, there is the role of the EU Parliament and Council in eliminating imbalances in ...
The latest wave of sanctions does not bring qualitative changes—their impact on the Russian economy and its relations with foreign partners is unlikely to be fundamental
Amid the second anniversary of the start of the Special Military Operation (SVO) in Ukraine, a number of Western countries and associations launched a new set of sanctions ...
New rules to restrict the importation of personal belongings by Russian citizens into the EU
On September 8, 2023, the European Commission
posted
... ... of the said paragraph that the European Commission has significantly tightened the sanctions regime by arbitrarily extending import restrictions not only to imported goods... ... meets the criteria specified in Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. OJ L 308, 29.11.2022, p. 18–21
