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The twentieth package of EU sanctions against Russia has proven the most controversial in the entire history of Brussels’ restrictive measures The twentieth package of EU sanctions against Russia has proven the most controversial in the entire history of Brussels’ restrictive ...
... monopoly of the “collective West,” while remaining open to engagement with all interested partners. The Russian BRICS Sous-Sherpa also stressed that India’s 2026 presidency, taking place amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and intensified sanctions pressure, is focused on strengthening strategic partnership across all areas, with an emphasis on practical steps. These include linking central bank digital currencies of BRICS countries, creating an independent clearing and settlement system,...
... negotiation over dollars and cents, but a revelation of a deeper strategic logic, one rooted not in quarterly calculations but in civilizational memory. This analysis reconstructs that logic from a first‑principles discussion about payment methods, sanctions, internal politics, and the nature of power itself. Dmitriy Trenin: Iran Prevails: Initial Assessments The Payment Paradox Iran, as is well known, is cut off from the SWIFT international banking system. Sanctions have severed its access to ...
... favourable to Russia, and Russia has a chance to bolster its friendly countries like India, China, ASEAN countries, who may suffer from deficits on the oil market. And Russia can compensate these volumes in one way or another. Especially now with the sanctions also lifted, right? Well, they are not lifted, there are exemptions, they are not lifted as legal mechanisms. But at the end, these are tactical gains. There are some challenges, of course, strategic challenges at the same time. One of the challenges ...
Locking the Market Before It Opens: The U.S. Strategy to Strand the Global South On January 7, Senator Lindsey Graham announced that President Donald Trump had endorsed a draft sanctions bill against Russia, framed as pressure to end the special military operation in Ukraine. The Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025, backed by 84 senators and 151 House members, proposes a 500 percent tariff on countries purchasing Russian uranium....
... potential for further growth. The following report proposes paths for expanding bilateral economic ties, assessing the current dynamics in trade, investment flows, technology exchange, and labor mobility. The authors analyze the impact of international sanctions on bilateral cooperation, examine challenges and opportunities in high-tech sectors, and provide recommendations aimed at strengthening the Russia–India economic partnership. Toward More Balanced Russia–India Economic Relations , 1,6 Mb
... unlikely to be the last—unless the cost of the current invasion proves prohibitive for all parties involved. The situation offers several important lessons for Russia. Ivan Timofeev: Military Operation Against Iran: A Realistic Scenario? Lesson 1: Sanctions are followed by the use of military force The United States has imposed sanctions on Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. While Iran has withstood this economic pressure, the damage has been significant. It grew further as Washington succeeded ...
The key objective of sanctions—influencing the “behaviour” of the target country—is shifting to the “behaviour” of third countries One of the hallmarks of Donald Trump’s foreign policy has been the active use of tariffs against allies, partners, and adversaries....
... helped overcome a protracted economic crisis. The next stress test began in 2022, amid a severe setback in relations between Russia and the “collective West”. Contrary to expectations of a collapse in Russian-Indian trade due to the risk of secondary sanctions, India’s role in Russian foreign economic relations has increased manifold. It is noteworthy that the declarations of the summits of the two countries’ leaders have focused on specific economic objectives and hardly touched on political ...
... and economic influence in the region will now depend less on ownership of key assets and more on its ability to offer Serbia benefits that outweigh the costs of Western pressure and countermeasures Belgrade’s reluctant move to comply with American sanctions and force Russia out of its energy industry exposes the real limits of national sovereignty in a world where the United States is asserting its will with increasing disregard for established norms and rules. The fate of the Serbian company Naftna ...
