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Coordinated EU and U.S. Sanctions Target the Russian Financial, Energy, and Defense Sectors

By Kimberly Strosnider & Joshua Williams on July 31, 2014

Posted in International Strategy, Russia

On July 29, the EU and United States took coordinated steps to expand sanctions targeting the Russian financial services, energy, and defense sectors, including restrictions on energy-related exports to Russia. The EU also took steps to limit certain types of trade and investment in Crimea, while both the EU and…
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G7 Leaders* Tackle Growth, Stability and Tax Bases; Warn Absent Russia

By Covington Team on June 10, 2014

Posted in International Strategy, Russia, Trade Agreements

G7 leaders met last week for the first-time ever in Brussels, and for the first time since 1998 without Russia. They gave Russia a strong warning and then proceeded to make substantive headway without them on international tax, energy, trade and investment, security and development issues in ways that directly…
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