... United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
published on September 23, 2020, the damage done to the Syrian economy by the end of 2019 exceeded USD 442 bn. Still, under sanctions and with no international consensus on how to finance recovery, the country has not only failed to overcome the acute ... ... petrol
from 250 to 450 Syrian pounds
(i.e., from 20 to 36 cents).
Coronavirus Pandemic: Numbers and Reality
At first glance, the COVID-19 statistics in Syria look more optimistic than those of neighbouring countries. For example, in terms of the number of ...
... granted to the administration so that it could prepare secondary sanctions against foreign citizens for cooperating with Damascus ... ... Aksenenok:
The Coronavirus and Conflicts in the Middle East
The COVID-19 Pandemic
At first glance, Syria does not appear to be ... ... experts thought that the country’s marginalization in the global economy would make it less vulnerable to the pandemic. The authorities ... ... was rumoured to have been placed under house arrest for his refusal to donate the bulk of his 5-billion-dollar fortune to advance ...
...
Despite that fact, in 2017 and 2018, the U.S.
imposed
economic sanctions against Russian entities. This led to the further aggravation ... ... response to the pandemic, which has already put the country's economy at risk of
recession
with a gloomy long-term economic ... ...
Towards Strategic Autonomy: the Role of the EU in the Growing China-USA Rivalry
Following a blueprint tailored for Russia, the U.S.... ...
slide
in bilateral trade (a 4% decline compared to 2019) amid COVID-19, political cooperation has been developing. In early July,...
... American citizens jailed abroad (
https://www.state.gov/secretary-michael-r-pompeo-at-a-pres…/
). They are promising to impose sanctions against “guilty governments”, should their compatriots die due to the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, the situation with COVID-19 in the American correctional facilities keeps deteriorating rapidly (
https://www.bop.gov/coronavirus/
). Many inmates ... ... the Russian citizens. Their life and health are under the threat.
Anatoly I.Antonov
Source:
Facebook Embassy of Russia in the USA
