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The Caucasus: Between East and West

... recent visit of Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to Baku, Tbilisi and Yerevan showed, the movement in this direction has not stopped. Second, while the focus of geopolitical confrontation between the West (the U.S. and its EU allies) and Russia has shifted from the Caucasus to the Middle East and Ukraine since 2014-2015, this region remains among the most turbulent in the post-Soviet space. In the last four years alone, the status quo has changed twice in this part of Eurasia. As a result ...

01.04.2024

New Sanctions Against Russia: Taking a Swing at the Ruble

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 ...

11.03.2024

Legal Absurdity from the European Commission

... clearly discriminatory and are not characteristic of a modern democratic society. 1 . Voinikov V.V. Restrictions on the Entry of Russian Citizens to EU Member States: Political and Legal Aspects. Contemporary Europe, 2023, No. 3, p. 20-32 DOI: 10.31857/S0201708323030026 ... ... restrictive measures as an area of crime that 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

25.09.2023

Will Customs in EU Countries Undress Russian Citizens?

If the practice becomes widespread, another nail will be driven into the coffin of human ties between Russia and the EU In Russia, the new European Commission (EC) rules on the import of sanctioned goods by Russian citizens has caused quite a stir. The EU sanctions policy against Russia includes a wide range of measures. These include blocking financial ...

13.09.2023

US Sanctions Against Companies from Kyrgyzstan: A New Trend?

... "luxury goods" or other less technologically advanced manufactured goods. But this practice may appear in the future. The European Union is also introducing instruments into its law that allow the application of similar sanctions. For example, paragraph ... ... Council to impose blocking sanctions against any individuals or legal entities involved in circumventing sanctions against Russia. There is no mass practice comparable to the American one yet, but the mechanism itself already exists. In addition, the ...

14.08.2023

Weapons Against Armour. What Do the ’Red Flags’ of Foreign Sanctions Regulators Mean?

... Western markets, the search for alternative suppliers in friendly countries, as well as reliable mechanisms for financial transactions that are not related to the US dollar or other Western currencies The significant number of sanctions against Russia has naturally led to an increase in the number of attempts to circumvent them. If before the start of the Special Military Operation in Ukraine (SMO) in February 2022, investigations into violations of sanctions regimes against Russia were a rather ...

07.08.2023

July Summits: EU-CELAC Summit, a Bittersweet Victory for Latin America; Africa-Russia Summit, Another Brick in Building a Multipolar and Post-Hegemonic World

In July 2023, two notable international summits took place: the European Union-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU-CELAC) Summit and the Africa-Russia Summit. Below are some impressions to assess to compare the implications of both events. A comparative analysis of the final declarations of both summits yields the following impressions: Although the EU-CELAC Summit had a relatively positive outcome ...

03.08.2023

Eleventh Package of EU Sanctions. What's New?

The main intrigue of the package was restrictive measures against foreign countries and organisations that interact with Russia The European Union has introduced its eleventh package of sanctions against Russia . The main intrigue of the package was restrictive measures against foreign countries and organisations that interact with Russia. It pertains to cooperation in those areas ...

05.07.2023

This Distant Damascus

... governorates of Raqqa, Al-Hasakah, and the northern parts of Deir ez-Zor are controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), consisting mainly of Kurdish militias. Part of Idlib is occupied by the radical Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham movement (outlawed in the Russian Federation). A number of areas in Aleppo, Raqqa, Al-Hasakah and Idlib are under the de facto protectorate of Ankara, which was established as a result of Turkish military operations: “Euphrates Shield”, “Olive Branch” and “Source of ...

16.03.2023
 

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