Russia and Latin America in the Context of Sanctions: From Ideology to Pragmatism
... Ukrainian crisis and requiring an immediate solution, is the need to find new business partners and suppliers of food products for the Russian market following the food embargo imposed by Vladimir Putin’s government on those countries which joined sanctions against Russia [3] . We can assume that if the Kremlin had a strategic vision for Latin America as a long-term partner, it was mostly in ideological and geopolitical terms, rather that trade and economic ones. This new vision has shaped our relationship, especially during moments of growing tension with the West. This explains the ...