Without ‘Black Knights’: Do Third Countries Remain a Problem for the Initiators of Sanctions Against Russia?

... of such transactions were reported in 2024, but Russian authorities do not consider the problems to be fatal. Numerous tactics to circumvent sanctions in the form of supplies through third countries are still hardly the most serious problem for the West. Secondary sanctions, criminal cases against those involved in circumvention, and administrative investigations into unintentional violations increase the cost of risk, and with it the cost of goods entering Russia. It will not be possible to stop their ...