Sanctions on Russia: the Risk of a Divided Europe
... law in Crimea as well as Moscow’s use of force in Syria asking a peaceful solution under UN auspices. On the other hand, Italy is aware that the only way to reach a sustainable peace in the Middle East (as well as other scenarios) is to keep Moscow engaged rather than further isolate it. For this reason, Renzi is not sure that new sanctions would make a peace settlement in Syria easier to reach. Although sanctions over Ukraine did have an impact on Russia’s economy, they also showed that Putin’s ...
22.11.2016