Moscow is calling for an end to the policy of collective punishment of the Syrians and has urged its partners to start rebuilding the Syrian economy
... ... more than 2000 people were hurt. The catastrophe also led to the destruction of thousands of buildings; about 300,000 Syrians have been forced to leave their homes.
The... ...
Deliveries of humanitarian aid across the line of contact
Ruslan Mamedov:
U.S. and EU Sanctions against Syria
One of the conditions for extending the operation of the Bab...
Q&A by Alexander Gasyuk, Rossiyskaya Gazeta’s foreign affairs correspondent
Jeffrey Sachs
, a renowned Columbia University Professor of economics and former Special Advisor to three UN Secretaries-General, espouses views uncommon for the ... ... not believe in isolating Russia, being convinced that Washington is undermining U.S. dollar worldwide prevalence by imposing sanctions on international payment systems. Finally, the famous academician and the author of many foreign affairs bestsellers ...
... hegemony? Global Times reporter Wang Wenwen interviewed Ivan Timofeev, Director of Programs at the Russian International Affairs Council, over these issues.
Andrey Kortunov:
Growing US Pressure Incentive to Make China-Russia Ties More Diverses
What do you ... ... Andrey Kortunov:
The Coming Bipolarity and Its Implications: Views from China and Russia
Europe and the US have ratcheted up sanctions on Russia and China over human rights, but avoided economic sanctions comparatively. Are these sanctions a show of their ...
Despite calls from the United Nations, the Global North does not deem it necessary to change its sanctions policies
March 2021 marks a year since the World Health Organization announced that the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 had turned into a pandemic. Despite the highly negative socioeconomic consequences it had for the international ...
... them of their privileges and immunities as international officials and constitutes a violation of the right to a fair trial (Article 14 of ICCPR), the right to liberty of movement (Article 12 of ICCPR) and the right to the protection of the law against unlawful interference with their private and family life (Article 12 of ICCPR).
Ivan Timofeev:
USA vs. the International Criminal Court
The part in the executive order about the possibility of imposing sanctions against those who have aided ICC officials is a violation of the rights of human rights defenders and human rights organizations. And, most importantly, such actions deprive the victims of war crimes of the opportunity to bring those who have ...
... mentioned earlier, massive blocking sanctions were imposed only once, on April 6, 2018, when, under pressure from Congress and amid a scandal focusing on Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 US elections, a number of major Russian companies (Rusal, En+, EuroSibEnergo and others), as well as a number of businesspeople from the earlier Kremlin list came under sanctions [
lx
]. However, the premature nature of such a step was clear, since a number of blocked firms were closely integrated with the global economy and were systemic global companies. Later, some of them saw the sanctions lifted (conditional on ...
Article by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for the media of the BRICS countries "BRICS Strategic Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth", November 12, 2019 ... ... be overcome. A serious threat to global economic growth is posed by such unfair competition practices as unilateral economic sanctions, trade wars and flagrant abuse of the US dollar status as the world reserve currency. The international community is ...
... measures that go beyond the scope of the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. The Regulation did not contain any provision, allowing for the delivery of light-water reactor equipment to Iran.
In 2011-2012, the EU and the U.S. tightened unilateral sanctions pressure on Iran. The tightening was due to frustration over the lack of progress in the negotiations of the six international mediators (Russia, United Kingdom, Germany, China, USA, France) with Tehran over its nuclear program (INP), and concern derived from purported research, mentioned in the
Annex to the IAEA Director General Report
of November 8th, 2011. On November 21st, 2011 the U.S. Department of the Treasury informed ...
