sanctions again Russia Archives

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Analysis

Sanctions on Russia: Do they work? Why? Why not? Blame? Changes?

For the past 50 months, the West has steadily increased its sanctions on Russia – at least on paper. A conference in Kyiv this weekend is analyzing sanctions roll back, accountability, the role of civil society, war profiteering, Putin’s enablers, and which sanctions have worked and not.

byMichael Andersen

8 minute read

Interview

Scan, switch, sanction—the app turning Western shoppers into Russia’s exit enforcers

About 2,300 large Western companies still pay taxes in Russia. State sanctions won’t touch most of them—going after…

byPeeter Helme

13 minute read

Money Matters

Mark Dixon: “We must declare the Economic World War on Russia”

Four years into Russia’s war on Ukraine, Mark Dixon thinks the West is losing the economic fight—not because the tools don’t exist, but because they’ve never been used at full power.

byPeeter Helme

mark dixon with some ukrainian railway employees

15 minute read

Money Matters

The 10-point plan to wage the Economic World War—to harm Russia and help Ukraine

The domino effect of a rich Russia risks tipping the balance between whether democracy or autocracy prevails, and whether the future human race lives in freedom or under servitude.

byMark Dixon

5 minute read

Opinion

Why is a French sugar giant—with a former president on payroll—still supplying Russian military?

Its Russian subsidiaries made camouflage nets and anti-drone equipment—while a former French president is on the payroll.

byDenys Svyrydenkov

yamburg gas field in the yamalo-nenets ao in russia

6 minute read

Money Matters

EU fertilizer imports from Russia are up 14%. PepsiCo opened a Russian factory. The chips are still flowing.

After five years of sanctions, new data shows Europe’s ledger still tilts toward Moscow.

byPeeter Helme

russian fossil fuel revenues rise as the war in iran continues

4 minute read

Money Matters

Russia couldn’t fix its oil revenues. The US Air Force did it.

First-half March data show Russia’s fossil fuel revenues up 14%, as the Hormuz closure reversed India’s retreat from Russian crude.

byPeeter Helme

4 minute read

Money Matters

The US waiver was meant to stabilize markets. Russia’s oil income jumped $890 million in a week.

Bloomberg data shows the $28 penalty Western sanctions built into every Russian barrel has nearly vanished.

byPeeter Helme

urals crude and brent oil price on 16 march 2026

4 minute read

Money Matters

Two weeks of someone else’s war earned Russia more than a month of someone else’s sanctions cost it

Zelenskyy says the windfall—compounded by US sanctions relief—gives Putin more room to keep fighting.

byPeeter Helme

6 minute read

Opinion

Four years of sanctions and Russia still funds its war machine—the West needs economic shock, not lists

Western sanctions are long on lists and short on shock. That needs to change—fast.

byMatthew Parish

russian air force beriev a-50u (red 41) radar plane illustrative milru 1032px-airborne_early_warning_and_control_aircraft_a-50u_(red_41)

6 minute read

Money Matters

Russia’s A-50 maker lost $65 million—its revenue collapsed 3.8 times in one year

Beriev, sole manufacturer of Russia’s dwindling surveillance fleet, swings from profit to deep loss.

byPeeter Helme

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4 minute read

Money Matters

TotalEnergies reclaims Dutch refinery sold to Russia’s Lukoil in 2009 (INFOGRAPHIC)

Sanctions unwind a Medvedev-era deal that expanded Moscow’s grip on European energy.

byPeeter Helme

US Coast Guard crew member in orange jacket looks through binoculars at the oil tanker Marinera from aboard the cutter Munro in the North Atlantic

3 minute read

International

US returns seized tanker to Venezuela while Russia’s stays in custody

Both vessels were captured on 7 January. One country yielded to pressure. The other requires more.

byPeeter Helme

bella1 or marinera last location before the us coast guard started chasing it across the atlantic

5 minute read

International

Russia adopts fleeing tanker mid-chase, tells US to back off

Marinera now registered in Sochi. Moscow demands the US back off.

byPeeter Helme

3 minute read

Money Matters

Treasury trumpets Iran sanctions but delists ex-Sberbank executive quietly

The press release made no mention of delisting a former Sberbank executive.

byPeeter Helme

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4 minute read

Latest news Ukraine

Estonia’s top spy: Russia limits Baltic Sea provocations to protect oil shipments by shadow fleet

Moscow has rerouted drones attacking Ukraine and tightened aircraft discipline over the Baltic Sea after NATO responses, but the restraint could end as the war continues, Kaupo Rosin warns.

byYuri Zoria

sanctions again Russia

Sanctions on Russia: Do they work? Why? Why not? Blame? Changes?

Scan, switch, sanction—the app turning Western shoppers into Russia’s exit enforcers

Mark Dixon: “We must declare the Economic World War on Russia”

The 10-point plan to wage the Economic World War—to harm Russia and help Ukraine

Why is a French sugar giant—with a former president on payroll—still supplying Russian military?

EU fertilizer imports from Russia are up 14%. PepsiCo opened a Russian factory. The chips are still flowing.

Russia couldn’t fix its oil revenues. The US Air Force did it.

The US waiver was meant to stabilize markets. Russia’s oil income jumped $890 million in a week.

Two weeks of someone else’s war earned Russia more than a month of someone else’s sanctions cost it

Four years of sanctions and Russia still funds its war machine—the West needs economic shock, not lists

Russia’s A-50 maker lost $65 million—its revenue collapsed 3.8 times in one year

TotalEnergies reclaims Dutch refinery sold to Russia’s Lukoil in 2009 (INFOGRAPHIC)

US returns seized tanker to Venezuela while Russia’s stays in custody

Russia adopts fleeing tanker mid-chase, tells US to back off

Treasury trumpets Iran sanctions but delists ex-Sberbank executive quietly

Estonia’s top spy: Russia limits Baltic Sea provocations to protect oil shipments by shadow fleet

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