Ukraine prepares sanctions against Austrian firm over flagship opera house in occupied Crimea
The Crimean story of the Vienna-based architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au began in January 2019 when the Russian occupation…
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EU sanctions against Russia
Germany has good chance to secure new EU anti-Russian sanctions for cyberattacks
In July, Germany assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union Council. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, German Minister of Defence,…
The toxic myth of “understanding and engaging” Russia
Recent western attempts to help "solve" the conflict in Donbas Russia’s war against Ukraine in Donbas is understandingly…
Pandemic adding to burdens sanctions have imposed on Moscow for seizing Crimea, Umland says
The logic of the sanctions regime the West imposed on Moscow after Putin seized Ukraine’s Crimea was not…
Portnikov: Crimea and the “confrontation of superpowers”
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg linked Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula with the confrontation of superpowers. This…
Please reject efforts to weaken the Council of Europe – uphold PACE’s sanction powers
OPEN LETTER Dear PACE Assembly Member, Civil society across Europe is receiving worrying signals that PACE might vote…
The Council of Europe and Russia: credibility requires consistent decisions
Euromaidan Press is publishing a translation of an article by well-known German analyst Dr. Susan Stewart which was…
Sanctions matter even if they won’t change Putin’s policies because ending them would lead to disasters
Sanctions against Moscow for its violation of international law in Ukraine are important and worth maintaining as a…
Europeans will continue or even boost sanctions on Russia even though many don’t want to, Portnikov says
The decision of the EU to continue but not increase sanctions against Russia represents the current “European consensus”…
Many Russians will welcome harsh Western actions against oligarchs, Skobov says
One of the “most popular” arguments Putin supporters in the West use against the imposition of sanctions against…
Top Moscow bank to stop servicing sanctioned Russian defense firms
Oleg Sysuyev, the deputy head of Alfa-Bank, Russia's seventh largest bank by net assets, says that his institution will…
Germany bears main brunt of EU sanctions against Russia
According to the study, the German economy suffers by far the largest export losses among the Western Nations…
Failure of Kremlin’s ‘Trump is Ours’ plan leading it to rethink Ukraine policy, Piontkovsky says
The failure of Vladimir Putin to get a sit down with Donald Trump represents “the agony of [the…
Arms race, on top of sanctions, destroyed the USSR and will destroy Russia
Vladimir Putin’s plans to spend more money on rearmament is “a squandering of valuable natural and labor resources,…
Russia considering introducing Islamic banking to get around Western sanctions
Facing ever greater difficulty in raising money in the West because of sanctions and calls by its own…
How France is undermining the sanctions against Russia
French senators on Wednesday called on the French government and the European Union to begin lifting sanctions against…
Continuation of Western sanctions on Russia increasingly depends on Ukraine, Ohryzko says
The maintenance of Western sanctions is contingent upon Ukraine’s willingness to reform itself, according to former Ukrainian foreign…
SWIFT exclusion of Russia and its consequences: Economists’ predictions
After the conflict in Donbas escalated, namely because of the recent shelling of civilians in Volnovakha, Mariupol and…
Italian Minister and Ukrainian Ambassador argue over Ukraine in Italy
Head of the Italian MFA Paolo Gentiloni claims Ukraine should guarantee it will not join the NATO. The…
Putin, the Vegetable Lord of Europe
How Russia’s embargo influences the fruit and vegetable market in EU countries According to Eurostat as of the…