... US sanctions against Iran
, and went on to tighten the restrictive measures
even further
. Eventually Iran also began to refuse the deal, resuming uranium enrichment to 20% in accordance with the law “
On the strategic measures for the lifting of sanctions
”.
Ivan Timofeev:
USA vs. JCPOA: How Can Russia and China Respond?
In April 2021, the parties began indirect negotiations in Vienna, where a meeting of the signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA) took place. However, the efforts of the diplomats did ...
... assistance to Afghanistan amounts to about five billion US dollars, but this sum is not enough to satisfy the needs of the country’s population
Afghanistan may face a food crisis under the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) rule because this movement is under sanctions of both individual states and the United Nations, Andrei Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, told TASS on Monday.
"A food crisis and famine in Afghanistan are not ruled out. Indeed, Afghanistan is now ...
....S. imposing sanctions against Russia in connection with the Taliban
It is important to recognize that the “Taliban issue” could become somewhat of a scapegoat for Washington, especially in the eyes of its allies, to impose even more anti-Russia sanctions. In addition to the
Executive Order on Blocking Property with Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation
signed on April 15, 2021, the White House published a Fact Sheet outlining key
accusations
against Russia, which include reports on rewards for the murder of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. According to the document, the Biden administration is taking measures following the intelligence reports of Russia having encouraged Taliban attacks ...
... against the Taliban now affect the country as a whole
The fall of the Afghan government amid the withdrawal of American troops and the capture of most of Afghanistan by the Taliban raised a number of questions regarding international and unilateral sanctions. Since 1999, the Taliban have been under UN sanctions. Restrictive measures have been applied to the movement by the United States, the European Union and a number of other jurisdictions, its leaders and individual branches. The existing sanctions ...
The effect of US sanctions will be much stronger in comparison with the restrictive measures of the EU and other countries
Another package of economic sanctions has been introduced against Belarus. US President Joe Biden signed a new executive order expanding both the ...
... Control over the province is held by various anti-government and terrorist groups, principally Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, otherwise known as HTS (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, associated with al-Qaeda, banned in the Russian Federation).
Humanitarian aid vs. sanctions
Igor Matveev:
Syrian Idlib: What’s Next?
According to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, more than 70% of the population of northwestern Syria is in need of humanitarian assistance. These include 2.7 million displaced persons (it is believed ...
The revision of the sanctions policy by the new administration cannot be called a revolution. The institutional arrangement will remain unchanged
In the United States, a revision of the sanctions policy
is in full swing
. Joe Biden’s administration strives to make sanctions ...
The new US sanctions are still fraught with uncertainty. The key question is whether the United States is imposing restrictions on Russian sovereign debt obligations
The US and the EU have imposed new sanctions against Russia because of the so-called “Navalny ...
If the cry “Never Again” is to retain any meaning, the Caesar Sanctions against Syria must be immediately lifted
As the Biden administration is recklessly expanding the sanctions regime—something that has become a routine response from Anglo-American officials to any government they accuse of violating the “rules-based ...
On April 9, 2021, RIAC took part in the panel of the International Studies Association (ISA) on the topic “Economic Sanctions in a Changing Geopolitical Environment: Disciplinary Perspectives and International Boundaries”.
On April 9, 2021, RIAC took part in the panel of the International Studies Association (ISA) on the topic “Economic Sanctions in a Changing ...
