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US Sanctions Against Companies from Kyrgyzstan: A New Trend?

Such sanctions are unlikely to ensure the blockade of Russia desired by the Western initiators. This was not achieved even with respect to Iran, whose economy is smaller than Russia's Another package of US sanctions has caused a stir in connection with restrictive ...

14.08.2023

The US and its allies have done more to nationalize the Russian business elite than anyone could have imagined

Washington spent a century trying to spread its ideology to Moscow. Now it has sanctioned our most ardent capitalists. How to even describe this sort of hypocrisy? The imposition of US sanctions against the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) is something of a paradox. The RSPP reflects the interests of businessmen and companies - ie. the locomotives of the capitalist economy. So, by definition, these are the very ...

14.08.2023

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

... withdrawal from the 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 ...

07.08.2023

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 that are one way or another under EU sanctions. In other ...

05.07.2023

RIAC Presents an Anthology Sanctions Policy: Goals, Strategies, Tools

On June 20, 2023, the Interfax Group press center hosted a presentation of the 3rd edition of the anthology Sanctions Policy: Goals, Strategies, Tools prepared by RIAC in cooperation with the X- Compliance project of the Interfax Group On June 20, 2023, the Interfax Group press center hosted a presentation of the 3rd edition of the anthology Sanctions Policy: ...

21.06.2023

US Congress and Sanctions Against Russia

... is still a relative consensus. Apparently, the Administration wants to keep a free hand in negotiations with Russia It’s become common knowledge that since the start of the Special Military Operation (SVO) in Ukraine, an unprecedented amount of sanctions have been imposed on Russia has long been a well-known truth. Equally obvious is the fact that the United States has led the coalition of countries that initiated the sanctions. However, a deeper understanding of the policy of restrictive measures ...

19.06.2023

Regionalism in Africa at the Present Stage

... states, willing to pursue independent domestic and foreign policies and show a united front against the adversities that befell them: the suspension of their membership from continental and regional organizations as well as the imposition of various sanctions on them amid insecurity and economic decline. Meanwhile, military coups and military regimes are not new to Africa and, to be fair, it should be noted that this does not change anything in the lives of ordinary Africans when the army destroys ...

26.05.2023

Arab Solution to Syrian Crisis Bumps into US Sanctions

... of severe economic isolation. Syrians lament that the economic situation in the country has been worse during the last 3-4 years than even before 2018, which was the period of active fighting. And it is not the Arab boycott that is to blame, but U.S. sanctions that made any transactions with the SAR toxic. Banks, insurance and transport companies, including Arab ones, choose to be on the safe side and refuse to cooperate even at the slightest mention of Syria. As if this were not enough, there is ...

05.05.2023

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 ...

26.04.2023

Does Russia Have ‘Black Knights’?

... still unlikely to be ready to act as “black knights” in the form which was acceptable in the 20th century. Russia must first of all rely on its own forces The concept of the “black knight” is well-covered in the literature which exists on sanctions. As a rule, it is understood as a state that, despite the sanctions regime of individual initiating countries, continues to cooperate with the target country. Ultimately, such cooperation helps the target country to adapt to the sanctions, reduce ...

31.03.2023
 

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