Deripaska Déjà vu?
Max Hess on why the raids on Deripaska properties in the US should be seen as part of the Biden Administration’s revised approach to Russia...
Sanctions
Belarus sanctions and the implications for Russia
Maria Shagina on increased sanctions risks for Russian companies to deal directly and indirectly with Belarusian sanctioned entities
A respite from the sanctions war
Vladislav Inozemtsev on how the sanctions policy against Moscow has become a stage setting for interstate communication instead of a means of persuasion
Biden’s Russia Policy After 100 Days
Max Hess traces how the White House has been rewiring its Russia policy
Czech mate: How Russia’s diplomats got expelled from Prague
Ivan Preobrazhensky investigates why the Czech Republic has suddenly cracked down on Russia’s diplomatic presence
Sanctioning debt will hurt
Max Hess discards the notion that there would be scant political impact from US sanctions on Russian sovereign debt
The Physics of Sanctions
Vladislav Inozemtsev on the threat of ‘radical sanctions’ against sovereign debt for Russia
The Chemistry of Sanctions
Sergey Glandin looks at current and future sanctions in response to Alexei Navalny’s poisoning
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 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