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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 measures. It was ...
... sanctions affect all members—albeit in different but significant ways. Using India as an example, Bhandari pointed out that rising oil and gas prices increase pressure on the economy and undermine, among other things, food security. At the same time, U.S. sanctions against Russia and Iran have had a more limited impact on their energy sectors, as their economies rely on a high concentration of large, export-oriented energy companies. Bhandari proposed making the stability of oil and gas markets a central priority for both ...
... Europe. What for? We have enough, right? It's better to sell gas to Europe... This is not just gas. We used to sell lots of goods to Europe. Different kinds, fertilisers, metals, even toilet paper. So it is now prohibited. The import of toilet paper from Russia is under sanctions. So even if you bring toilet paper with you, it is under exemptions now. But for personal use, you can bring it. But when it comes for the export, then it is restricted. To me it feels that this narrative is only about, for one side is the dream ...
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. The 500 percent figure ...
... 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
... never fully succeeded. Iran lost revenue but preserved a degree of foreign trade. However, this network offered no protection against military strikes. “Black knights” can mitigate economic pressure, but they do not prevent military intervention. Russia has similarly reoriented its trade under sanctions, with exports to China, India, and other friendly nations growing rapidly. Yet mutual military-political obligations remain absent. Russia will likely have to confront adversaries alone, with the recent exception of North Korean involvement ...
..., fearing secondary sanctions. Meanwhile, US allies and partners do not prevent Washington from adding individuals and companies from their jurisdictions to US sanctions lists. For example, since February 2022, the US has applied secondary financial sanctions for ties to Russia against nearly a thousand companies in a wide variety of jurisdictions, from EU countries to post-Soviet states. The largest number of these companies are located in China, the UAE, Turkey, and India. In all cases, secondary sanctions have not ...
... 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 abstractions. Russia and India,...
... 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 Industrija Srbije ...
... European Union criticised the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. Germany and France were particularly vocal. Even Moscow adopted a more cautious and balanced policy. Finally, after the Ukraine crisis started in 2014, the EU was hardly in a hurry to escalate sanctions against Russia. Brussels, and especially Berlin, were irritated by the first Trump administration’s attempts to impede the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project under the Baltic Sea. Nevertheless, individual crises remained localised. They were ...
