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The key intrigue of the coming year is the situation around Ukraine The past year has been marked by a number of interesting trends in sanctions policy. In part, they were influenced by last year's victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the US elections. Washington is still the largest instigator of sanctions, and the restrictive measures taken by the Americans are the most dangerous for business....
No signs of an easing are foreseen for the key targets of US sanctions The US Treasury has released an overview of its sanctions policy. It outlines key principles for making the restrictive US measures more effective. The revision of the sanctions policy was announced at the beginning of Joe Biden’s presidential ...
The December round of sanctions continued the course of tough measures. Now the Belarusian leader faces two basic scenarios: low profile or a new round of escalation Another package of sanctions has been introduced against the Republic of Belarus. The USA , UK and Canada ...
In the United States, there is a renewed discussion about the advisability of expanding sanctions on Russian sovereign debt In the United States, there is a renewed discussion about the advisability of expanding sanctions on Russian sovereign debt. Similar sanctions already exist: they were introduced sequentially by Donald Trump and Joseph ...
... international political consequences for Russia which resulted from the military campaigns were relatively insufficient. No foreign state has intervened openly in these conflicts. Foreign military aid does not radically alter the balance of power. Economic sanctions in their current form harm the Russian economy, but they are still not the main factor contributing to existing problems. The economy itself is stable. In short, there are no major checks and balances on a new military campaign. The third circumstance ...
We regard all attempts to impede Russian oil and gas exports to Europe as unfair competition Ambassador Anatoly Antonov's answer to a media question. Dear Ambassador, could you please comment on the State Department's plans to expand the sanctions in the context of the Nord Stream 2 project? Anatoly Antonov: The U.S. administration, both Republicans and Democrats, has been trying to complicate the Russian-European energy cooperation for several years now. At first, Washington wanted to ...
... responsibility will transform into momentum for moving us forward, into courage for our all-out fight.” Regardless of how encouraging the Chinese tech giant heiress’s words may sound, the fact remains that the company remains a target of U.S. prosecution and sanctions—something that is not about to change anytime soon. When the Sanctions Bite Ivan Danilin: A New Stage in the U.S.–China Tech War: Huawei and Other U.S. Targets It was former U.S. President Donald Trump who in May 2019 signed an order that ...
... return to negotiating the JCPOA. The new administration aims to overcome the legacy of Donald Trump, who unilaterally broke the deal even though it was sealed by UN Security Council Resolution 2231 of 2015 . In 2018, Trump renewed the unilateral US sanctions against Iran , and went on to tighten the restrictive measures even further . Eventually Iran also began to refuse the deal, resuming uranium enrichment to 20% in accordance with the law “ On the strategic measures for the lifting of sanctions ...
The event also focused on the trends of current sanctions policy, types of sanctions risks and ways to minimize them, as well as the consequences of sanctions for business On September 16, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council, together with Japanese Business Club in Moscow (JBC), held a workshop ...
... assistance to Afghanistan amounts to about five billion US dollars, but this sum is not enough to satisfy the needs of the country’s population Afghanistan may face a food crisis under the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) rule because this movement is under sanctions of both individual states and the United Nations, Andrei Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, told TASS on Monday. "A food crisis and famine in Afghanistan are not ruled out. Indeed, Afghanistan is now ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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