Search: Sanctions,Ukraine (25 materials)

 

The attempts to draw Ukraine into NATO would be very negative for the entire system of European security

..., in their own backyard, as they perceive it, than these people must be prepared for this situation. CHILCOTE: So if I understand you correctly, economic sanctions against Russia would be successful in some way in damaging the Russian economy. Would sanctions against Russia be effective in changing Russian policy in Ukraine? LAVROV: The other way around. It will be even more persistent in demanding a free and fair reform in Ukraine. We would be even more persistent in demanding from the West not to support fascists and neo-Nazis and not to support the government ...

15.05.2014

Russia to Use Iran's Experience in Dealing with Western Sanctions

VIENNA (Tasnim) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov voiced his country's willingness to learn from Iran's experience in dealing with Western sanctions against Moscow over its alleged involvement in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Sergei Ryabkov is heading the Russian team of negotiators in the new round of the nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers in the Austrian capital of Vienna. Here is the full text of Sergei Ryabkov’s interview with Tasnim News Agency ...

15.05.2014

Energy Cooperation: A Policy of Slow Strangulation

... volume if economic considerations in the EU fail to prevail over geopolitics. Russia, in my opinion, should be prepared for a slow but steady reduction in energy exports (mainly gas and partially oil) to the EU. In fact, this is the same effect that sanctions will have, although considerably extended over time. Relations between Russia and Ukraine will not change quickly in the short-term. Ukraine has already halved its imports of Russian gas (28 billion metric tons in 2013, taking into account reverse supplies from the EU, against 56.2 billion m3 in 2008). The reductions have reached their ...

03.04.2014

And What about Ukraine?

... dimension of the multidimensional Ukrainian crisis – on the Crimean dimension. Second, out of the broad range of available options and recommendations to the West only one recommendation is discussed in detail – how to punish Russia with sanctions. Such an approach, in my view, reveals either a lack of the adequate information about Ukraine or an evident political bias. In any case, this approach can hardly help in understanding the roots and the dynamics of the Ukrainian crisis and, therefore, can hardly help in working out a realistic solution for the crisis. Moreover, to ignore ...

27.03.2014

Russia-U.S. Relations in the Ukrainian Context

... for Contemporary Development to obtain their views on the future of Russian-American relations and U.S. strategy on the settlement of the Ukraine crisis. Vladimir Baranovsky : The situation might trigger a more profound dialogue, unknown before the Ukraine predicament Sergey Kulik : The list of sanctions provides the president with a lot of room for toughening his stance Valery Garbuzov : Russia and the United States will hardly become strategic partners in settling the Ukraine crisis Vladimir Baranovsky Vladimir Baranovsky: The situation ...

21.03.2014
 

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