Search: Sanctions,West (29 materials)

 

Is It Possible to Predict Sanctions for 2024? Yes, Quite Easily

The tit-for-tat logic will continue to dominate relations between Russia and the West What will the sanctions policy against Russia be in 2024? Is it possible to predict the priorities of such a policy? Yes, it is quite easy. Key decisions on sanctions in 2024 are already embedded in current political decisions. We will see the further expansion of ...

09.01.2024

2023: Stabilisation After the Shake-Up

... not see increasing supplies as a red line. Ideologically, Russia and the West have become fundamental rivals for each other. There are no visible compromise solutions to their contradictions. Both sides expect to impose their terms on each other. The West hopes to do so by exhausting Russia with sanctions, providing direct assistance to its military enemy, waging an information war and influencing countries which are neutral or friendly to Russia. Russia hopes to do so by inflicting a military defeat on Ukraine and solving the tasks of the special ...

28.12.2023

OPEC+ Cuts Production

... MET. From political perspectives, the OPEC+ decision to cut production is also beneficial. After the February statement of Mr. Novak regarding Russia’s intention to cut oil production, many critics interpreted it as a forced measure. They say the sanctions are doing their job, and Russia can no longer produce enough oil without Western technologies, trying to disguise the actual drop in production as a planned voluntary reduction. Following this logic, other producers also face problems, which is, surely, not true. Furthermore, Russia can present the OPEC+ decision in the information ...

26.04.2023

Is It Possible to Lift Sanctions Against Russia? — No

... most part, will not be lifted even in the event of a ceasefire in Ukraine and a peace agreement. There will be no return to "pre-February normality". Instead of remembering a lost past, we will have to focus on creating a new future in which Western sanctions remain a constant variable. Why is the lifting of Western sanctions on Russia extremely unlikely? There are several reasons. Ivan Timofeev: The Policy of Sanctions and the Golden Horde Legacy The first reason is the complexity of the conflict ...

10.08.2022

Russia’s Approach to Cross-Border Aid Delivery to Syria

... an internationally recognized terrorist organization, is still in control of Idlib. It has usurped authority, manipulating humanitarian aid that flows into the province. Russia blames the co-sponsors of res. 2585 for accepting the status quo in northwestern Syria. 4. The U.S. and the EU have imposed unilateral sanctions on Syria, which significantly hinders humanitarian aid deliveries, early recovery and post-conflict reconstruction. 5. The U.S. illegal military presence in northeastern Syria and the U.S. General License 22 (issued on May 12, 2022) exempting ...

15.07.2022

Professor Jeffrey Sachs: “I Don’t Believe in Isolating Russia”

... shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy and “blue hydrogen” (producing hydrogen from Russia’s gas, and then sequestering the CO 2 ). Ivan Timofeev: The US Confiscation Policy According to the recent IMF working paper and statements , the West has imposed unprecedented financial sanctions against Russia, while this bears the risk of eroding the dominance of the U.S. dollar as the Ukraine conflict could cause more fragmentation in global financial system. Would you agree with that assumption as Russia, China, India, Saudi Arabia,...

16.05.2022

End of Diplomacy? Or a Toast for the Swedish Masters

... the US will lose Cold War 2, and for the same reasons: Economic and social depletion. The situation of the EU countries will be similar, though less pronounced. 5. Russia has long been a permanent and priority target of Western economic sanctions. And Western sanctions have now got as bad as they can be. Pressure will cease to increase, because it can be no worse. Russia already buys nearly nothing from the West—neither technology, food, or consumption goods. For a couple of years, the West will still have ...

14.03.2022

The End of Diplomacy? Seven Glimpses of the New Normal

... to negotiating a moratorium on NATO enlargement or other options for legally-binding guarantees of Russian security. Alexander Yermakov: A Military Response to Russians’ Infernal Question 5. Russia has long been a permanent and priority target of Western economic sanctions. Sanction pressure is expected to augment, gradually but steadily. It will take a long time to get rid of the existing dependence on Russian supplies, hydrocarbons primarily—but the West will hardly step away from this path. The abandonment ...

28.02.2022

A New Sino-Russian Entente? Limits of Cooperation on Ukraine and Beyond

... about future Sino-Russian cooperation has run rampant . Much of this has to do with the current crisis over Ukraine, with commentaries warning that Chinese backing could embolden Russia into military action by shielding it from the consequences of Western sanctions, thus removing a powerful deterrent. Others have warned against a further spillover, arguing that a U.S.-Russian confrontation over Ukraine might even encourage China to pursue military reunification with Taiwan. Such extreme scenarios are ...

22.02.2022

Online Meeting with a Group of International Sberbank Partner Investors

... investment funds, partners of Sberbank. In the course of the meeting Andrey Kortunov highlighted the state and prospects for Russia's relations with the United States, the European Union, China, and post-Soviet neighbors. Other topics included possible new Western sanctions against Russia, options for resolving crisis situations in various regions of the world, and the limits of the current de-globalization of the world economy and politics. The discussion was moderated by Yaroslav Lisovolik, RIAC Member, Senior ...

17.02.2021
 

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  1. In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?
    U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements  
     33 (31%)
    U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity  
     30 (28%)
    U.S. wants to dissolve Russia  
     24 (22%)
    U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China  
     21 (19%)
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