... following conditions:
First, the sanctions free up significant market niches in the Russian market. Previously, they were difficult to occupy due to Russia’s well-established ties with Western partners. Today, there is an immediate liberation of the Russian market due to formal sanctions and informal corporate boycotts. Of course, the Russian market is incomparable with the US and EU markets. It will shrink due to the inevitable economic downturn caused by extreme economic pressures. However, even amid such conditions, the domestic ...
... individuals subject to financial sanctions. Along with 11 other Russians, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill is included. The use of restrictive measures against Patriarch Kirill represents is a new stage of escalation in relations between Russia and the West. Sanctions may affect the foreign activities of the Moscow Patriarchate. However, the political consequences are far more important. Whether willing or not, London is adding a religious dimension to the hornet’s nest of its current problems. At first ...
At the SPIEF Ivan Timofeev, an International affairs analyst, has explained how Moscow has been dealing with the impact from Western sanctions.
At the SPIEF Ivan Timofeev, an International affairs analyst, has explained how Moscow has been dealing with the impact from Western sanctions.
... packages will be less spectacular, but they will be detrimental to specific businesses and areas of the economy
Oil and KAMAZ
The Official Journal of the European Union
has published
decisions and regulations included into the sixth package of anti-Russian sanctions. The release of the new legal framework has been postponed several times on account of disagreements among the EU countries, with the most sensitive issue being the ban on Russian oil imports. Brussels, however, managed to reach consensus after ...
... rapprochement with China
, even though economically, Tehran had virtually no alternative to Beijing.
Another notable response was claims produced by
some media
and posted on social networks, suggesting that Iran may derive major benefits from anti-Russian sanctions by assuming Russia’s place on the hydrocarbons market. So far, however, the reverse seems to be true. There are
reports
of exports of Iran’s oil to China sharply falling over the situation in Ukraine. Beijing prefers Russian suppliers, ...
... for the Minsk agreements. I believe that a peace agreement should be negotiated immediately, based on Ukraine’s neutrality (no NATO enlargement), Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine, implementation of the Minsk Agreements, and the removal of economic sanctions on Russia. By rapidly reaching this kind of agreement, countless lives will be saved and the world will be made vastly safer.
How do you see exit strategy from the current West-Russia stalemate over Ukraine and what are the prospects for de-escalating the ...
... criminal motives for the seizure of property and the related concepts of corruption, kleptocracy and the like “suddenly” became relevant only after the start of the conflict in Ukraine. The question arises: if there was a criminal dossier on the Russians under sanctions, then why was it not released in droves earlier? The answer is simple. Most of the Russians who fell under the sanctions, apparently, simply did not have such a dossier. Or it was not enough for suspicion and charges of criminal offenses (money ...
... fragmenting the digital environment of the Internet into national jurisdictions were noted as alarming and at odds with the core principles of Internet governance. Yet, in 2022, intentional fragmentation of the Internet—following the implementation of anti-Russian sanctions—has suddenly been perceived as a “necessary evil” to stop military hostilities. Let’s investigate whether all stakeholders are indeed of the same opinion concerning the situation.
Ivan Timofeev:
Ukrainian Crisis. Who Has the Upper Hand?...
... round table titled “Russia-India Cooperation under the Impact of Sanctions”
On April 12, 2022, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Gateway House held a closed-door round table titled “Russia-India Cooperation under the Impact of Sanctions”.
Russian and Indian experts discussed general trends of bilateral collaboration as well as emerging obstacles and new windows for cooperation under mounting sanctions pressure from the West. Special attention was paid to the energy and finance areas.
Ivan ...
... of bridging the gap with the West for the Russian economy. But is it all so clear-cut? Will these expectations be justified? Let’s find out.
Cautiousness of Big Business
Ivan Timofeev:
Ukrainian Crisis. Who Has the Upper Hand?
Amid unprecedented sanctions the West has imposed on Russia, big business faces many and varied challenges, as Ambassador Zhang Hanhui pointed out in his speech. Therefore, business tends to take a wait-and-see attitude, if not stop operating in this difficult situation for the time being.
Most of their ...
