Policy Brief #51 / 2024
Policy Brief #51 / 2024
The Russian-Chinese “comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction of the new era” represent a key element of the emerging multipolar world order. Moscow and Beijing’s mutual support in the international arena, growing trade turnover in the face of sanctions, strengthening humanitarian ties, and people-to-people cooperation represent a unique example of the constructive dialogue taking place between these two truly sovereign states. Further confirming this dynamic was Russian President Vladimir ...
... rose sharply a few years ago on the back of aggressive rhetoric by U.S. leaders, is dwindling.
Blessed Are the Peacemakers
On the one hand, India is benefiting from the conflict in Ukraine: never before has so much oil been injected into the Indian economy at such a low price. Moreover, Russian entrepreneurs, seeking to evade Western sanctions, are beginning to explore the Indian market, lugging knowledge, money and technology with them. The downsides, however, outweigh the upsides: entering the Russian market now is risky, transactions are difficult, and the need for constant political ...
The trip is likely to be quite special and important
In mid-May Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will fly to China on an official state visit. A sceptic would say that this visit is not really ... ... surprisingly, the Chinese private sector is getting increasingly concerned about the scope of the likely negative impact that secondary sanctions might have on their business prospects. After the European Union had introduced its 12
th
package of restrictive measures ...
On scenarios and conditions for the development of relations between Moscow and Pyongyang
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea, or the DPRK, which has been under discussion since January 2024, could ... ... play by the established international rules, and although Russian and U.S. diplomats could argue at length about the extent of sanctions following another nuclear test or missile launch, the idea that every step by the DPRK toward becoming a nuclear power ...
... blocking sanctions to them.
They include companies from Turkey, China, the UAE and Switzerland.
The lists of blocked persons have also been expanded or are about to be expanded
by Canada
,
Japan
,
Australia
and
New Zealand.
Will the impact of new sanctions on the Russian economy be fundamental? Hardly. Yes, the number of blocked individuals is relatively high. But financial, industrial, defence and technology companies have long lived under a regime of sanctions against Russia as a whole, as well as individual sectors ...
Russia and Southeast Asia countries are eager to strengthen cooperation despite logistical and financial problems
In the second ... ... countries in the region were counting on to revitalize their economies, faced new challenges triggered by the imposition of Western sanctions on Russia after February 2022.
The most serious factors of the connectivity gap were logistics and finance. Although ...
Working Paper No.77 / 2023
Working Paper No.77 / 2023
The following working paper discusses Russia–Serbia relations amid multiple sanction packages that have been imposed on Russia after the start of the special military ... ... states on these relations. Looking forward, the paper also assesses the probability of Belgrade tagging onto the anti-Russian sanctions in the future.
The Prospects for Russian-Serbian Relations Amid Sanctions
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... is relatively small. But the list of blocked persons includes a large number of systemically important Russian companies from the financial sector, high-tech and industrial industries, the mining sector, the defence industry, etc. The purpose of such sanctions is to isolate the Russian economy from American-centric global finance, to block the possibility of normal foreign economic activity, inflict maximum damage, and force it to make political concessions on the Ukrainian issue and other security issues.
As part of a new round of ...
... somewhat advanced stage in the relations with its Union partners by late 2023.
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With the Collective West seeking to exclude Russia from global economy and trade, technological sovereignty, alternative financial mechanisms and foreign relations within the EAEU become a more significant tool for Moscow to make up for sanctions losses and to get adapted to external shocks. Therefore, it can be assumed that Russia will be more enthusiastic and ...
... country’s future outlook?
Ivan Timofeev:
Is It Possible to Lift Sanctions Against Russia? — No
Ivan Timofeev (IT)
: The impact of Western sanctions against Russia is quite huge and we should not dismiss the long-term damage. A number of sectors in the Russian economy have suffered due to the unprecedented unilateral sanctions, like the financial sector, energy, infrastructure, and high tech. The sanctions will be with Russia for years, if not decades, because the conflict in Ukraine is very complicated, hard to settle diplomatically and come to a stable and sustainable ...
