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Outlook for US sanctions on Russia.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB217615
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The sanctions, reviewed on a semi-annual basis, have now been extended until January 2018, despite speculation about divisions within the EU. This comes after the US Treasury…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB221881
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Russia has said the ban is in response to the EU's sanctions against Russia. EU economic sanctions expire at the end of July, and their renewal requires consensus. The contingent…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB199983
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The United States, EU and their allies fear cryptos offer a loophole through which Russia will evade Western sanctions. However, these fears are likely overblown in the short…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267757
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The US government has identified high-level corruption involving senior officials and politically connected tycoons as a key threat to Western Balkan stability. It sees the fight…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281590
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Lithuania announced in June that it was applying EU sanctions to goods going by rail across its territory to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave. Moscow complained that this violated a…
Implications of US sanctions against Nord Stream 2.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250810
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EU sanctions from June 24 ban purchases of Belarusian petroleum products and potash fertilisers, though restrictions on the latter are partial. Together with Minsk's retaliatory…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262517
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One bill would prohibit the US government from ever recognising the 2014 annexation of Crimea. Two others instruct the Director of National Intelligence to report on President…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242497
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EU: Russia sanctions extended