A tale of two pipelines
Maria Shagina sees echoes of 1982 in how the US is reacting to the construction of Nord Stream 2
Sanctions
Sanctions Should Impose Costs Where They Are Due
Maxim Trudolyubov delves into whether sanctions have been ‘effective’ at holding authoritarian regimes to account
Sanctions and the Russian defence industry
Pavel Luzin on Moscow’s worries about the Western sanctions
The future of anti-Kremlin sanctions
Vladislav Inozemtsev on why sanctions against Moscow have not yet brought the desired results
Sanctions à la Biden
Maximillian Hess looks into what “team Biden” thinks about Russia sanctions policy
Navalny poisoning sanctions: the fate of the six
Sergei Glandin wonders why “Navalny’s list” is so short and whether the defendants will be able to lift these sanctions in the EU Court of Justice
Nord Stream 2 and more sanctions: the endgame begins
Ivan Tkachev looks at whether sanctions could bring the Nord Stream-2 story to an end
The uncertain fate of Cyprus’s sanctions-dodging passports
Sergey Glandin discusses what the recent Cyprus Papers leak and ongoing sanctions will mean for Russians seeking a “golden passport”
Russia’s sanctions laws could be about to change
Sergey Glandin takes a close look at the recent Duma proposals to alter Russian sanctions law
Sanctions in the name of Caesar
Sergey Glandin combs through the “Caesar Act,” which enables sanctions for supporting the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, and wonders if the move is significant or effective
Sanctions and COVID-19: a German perspective
Dmitri Stratievski looks into whether Berlin might shift policy on sanctions against Russia
Sanction exceptions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Denis Primakov on US sanctions against Russia in the light of new OFAC decisions