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Canada: From a Backward Colony to a Vibrant Democracy

... Cooperation in Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue also appears to provide a healthy basis for joint activities for Russia, Canada, and the other Arctic states. Canada is one of the most actively anti-Russian countries and was the first to impose sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian politicians. Ottawa has also suspended its participation in the Russian-Canadian Intergovernmental Economic Commission and shirked the session of the Arctic Council in Moscow. Some business projects are delivering ...

01.07.2014

The attempts to draw Ukraine into NATO would be very negative for the entire system of European security

... Medvedev. I met with Yury Deschitsa several times, who is appointed as acting Minster by Verkhovnaya Rada. The ministers of energy, as you know, discussed the situation of the theft of Russian gas. So we are in contact. CHILCOTE: I want to move on to sanctions. President Putin has said that the use of sanctions against Russia would not be effective. One of the threats out there is to impose Iran-style sanctions against Russia. And most people agree that Iran-style sanctions (or the sanctions against ...

15.05.2014

Russia to Use Iran's Experience in Dealing with Western Sanctions

VIENNA (Tasnim) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov voiced his country's willingness to learn from Iran's experience in dealing with Western sanctions against Moscow over its alleged involvement in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. Sergei Ryabkov is heading the Russian team of negotiators in the new round of the nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers in the Austrian capital of Vienna....

15.05.2014

The European Union has no alternative to partnership with Russia

... more and which are less disposed towards Russia? And how will this affect the future of the situation in Ukraine? Elena Ananyeva: The differences between elite opinion in Berlin and the other countries are obvious since businesses do not want harsher sanctions and even the population does not desire an aggravation of relations with Russia. France is concerned about the contracts for two Mistral helicopter carriers. Frictions have emerged between London and Paris. With the decision to sanction Russia ...

30.04.2014

Western Sanctions Against Russia: Means and Consequences

Sanctions and Russia The sanctions imposed on Russia in connection with the situation in Ukraine and Crimea are not so much a tool for exerting real and painful pressure, as they are a sign of an emerging turnaround in relations between Russia and the ...

16.04.2014

Energy Cooperation: A Policy of Slow Strangulation

... Enel, Fortum) in the Russian power generation sector. The energy sector is characterized by significant inertia, and consequently, reacts little if at all to political developments. Therefore, I would rate the probability of direct, formalized trade sanctions by the EU on Russian energy resources exports as extremely low. The energy sector is characterized by significant inertia, and consequently, reacts little if at all to political developments. Therefore, I would rate the probability of direct,...

03.04.2014

And What about Ukraine?

Western Sanctions Are a Sign of Weakness These days you will hardly find a Western politician or a public leader, who has not yet made a statement on Ukraine. All the pluralism of views and opinions notwithstanding, the overwhelming majority of comments boil ...

27.03.2014

Russia-U.S. Relations in the Ukrainian Context

Interviews with RIAC experts After President Vladimir Putin signed the treaty on Crimea's accession to Russia on March18, 2014 the imposition of U.S. and EU sanctions against Moscow has become more likely. We have met Vladimir Baranovsky, Deputy Director of RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations, RAS Academician and RIAC Member, Valery Garbuzov, Deputy Director of RAS Institute for U.S....

21.03.2014

Modern International Mechanisms of Sanctions

Sanctions’ Regime of the UN Security Council. Peculiarities of the EU and the U.S Sanctions Policy Sanctions are one of the most important instruments available to the United Nations Security Council for negotiating settlements to international problems....

07.08.2013
 

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