Sanctions over Crimea

By imposing sanctions on Russia, EU yielding to U.S.' blackmail - Foreign Ministry

July 17, 2014 RBTH, Interfax

Moscow is disappointed that the European Union has decided to impose sanctions on Russia contrary to its own interests, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement posted on its website on Thursday

Foreign Ministry: U.S. taking revenge on Russia as events in Ukraine are going against its scenario

July 17, 2014 RBTH, Interfax

The Russian Foreign Ministry views the new U.S. sanctions against Russia as an attempt to take revenge for the fact that the events in Ukraine are not unfolding in a way Washington would like them to unfold

Russian President Vladimir Putin replies to journalists' questions at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations on July 16. Source: AFP / East News

Sanctions drive Russia-U.S. relations into corner, says Putin

July 17, 2014 Interfax, Interfax

President condemns new wave of U.S. measures but says door is still open

Putin suggests BRICS think about measures to prevent harassment of states disagreeing with U.S. foreign policy decisions

July 15, 2014 RBTH, Interfax

Russia will suggest that BRICS partners think about collective measures to prevent sanctions harassment by the United States and its allies

Foreign car makers continue to open Russian plants despite sanctions. Source: AP

Daimler planning to set up Mercedes production in Russia

July 11, 2014 Alexei Lossan, RBTH

Foreign car makers continue to open Russian plants despite sanctions

Two thirds Russians believe West not going to introduce harsh sanctions regarding Russia - poll

July 8, 2014 RBTH, Interfax

Russian citizens expect issues to emerge due to new regions' accession to Russia and Ukrainian crisis but think the West is not going to introduce harsh sanctions against Russia, sociologists said citing polls

Airport in Simferopol, Crimea. Source: Lori / Legion media

Updated: ICAO calls Crimean airspace as Ukrainian, denies reports

July 7, 2014 Alexei Lossan, RBTH

Decision brings hope that foreign airlines will soon return to peninsula

Left to right: Laurent Fabius, Klimkin, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Lavrov. Source: AP

Press Digest: Ministers to restart talks; TV tower destroyed in Slavyansk

July 3, 2014 Darya Lyubinskaya, special to RBTH

July 3: RBTH rounds up the day’s reporting in leading Russian media

Political situation should not affect contacts among Russian, U.S. scientists - Academy of Sciences

July 2, 2014 Interfax, Interfax

U.S. business associations publicly oppose Obama due to anti-Russian sanctions

June 25, 2014 Vedomosti

The largest business associations in the U.S. intend to publicly speak out against President Barack Obama, who is planning to impose new sanctions against Russia, reports the Russian business newspaper Vedomosti, citing Bloomberg

International legal forum sees roundtable devoted to the issue. Source: Reuters

Can Russia sue the U.S. and the EU via the WTO over sanctions?

June 23, 2014 Alexei Lossan, RBTH

International legal forum sees roundtable devoted to the issue

Vladimir Putin at SPIEF 2014. Source: RG

In a global economy, can Russia go it alone?

June 4, 2014 David Miller, special to RBTH

For modern Russia sanctions are more challenging proposition than when the Soviet Union faced them in the 1980s

Ordinary people are finding it next to impossible to reach their money. Source: RIA Novosti

Frustration in Crimea as banking system remains paralyzed

June 4, 2014 Alexei Boyarsky, Kommersant

Ordinary people are finding it next to impossible to reach their money

Speaking at SPIEF, Putin promised that by fall 2014 Russia will develop a strategy for import substitution. Source: Reuters

Putin says Russia ready to recognize Ukrainian elections

May 23, 2014 Alexei Lossan, RBTH

The Russian leader promised that Russia will recognize the May 25 elections

Putin suspects U.S. sanctions aim to gain competitive advantages against EU

May 23, 2014 RBTH

Russian President Vladimir Putin suspects that the U.S. wish to impose additional sanctions on Russia may be linked to its aspiration for competitive advantages in trade with Europe

International payment systems will have to place a security deposit under new rules. Source: DPA / Vostok Photo

MasterCard and Visa to pay $2.9 billion for the right to operate in Russia

May 19, 2014 Alexei Lossan, RBTH

International systems will have to place a security deposit under new rules

Ex-Finance Minister Kudrin does not believe in Russia's full isolation

May 17, 2014 RBTH, Interfax

Former Russian Finance Minister and member of the presidium of the presidential Economic Council Alexei Kudrin believes Russia is not facing full isolation because of the U.S.' and the EU's sanctions

Will ExxonMobil leave Sakhalin?

May 16, 2014 Anna Kuchma, RBTH

Rumors in the Russian press sow doubts into the future of joint development projects in the Arctic

Western plans to block Moscow’s access to equipment will affect offshore projects. Source: Photoshot / Vostock-Photo

Potential ban on hi-tech imports hangs over Russian oil industry

May 15, 2014 Anna Kuchma, RBTH, Veronika Generalova

Western plans to block Moscow’s access to equipment will affect offshore projects

Ukraine's Justice Ministry estimated damage from loss of Crimea at over $83 billion

May 14, 2014 Interfax, Interfax

"The amount of the damage is updated continually […] It is now estimated at over 1 trillion hryvni," he told a briefing on Wednesday

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