As the 2024 expiration of the Russian gas transit contract via Ukraine approaches, the EU faces a pivotal choice, writes Sergiy Makogon.
Russia plans to nearly triple its LNG export capacity by 2030, with four new terminals in the Arctic due to bring more revenues for Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Yet, Ukraine’s allies have a strong leverage on Russian LNG exports, writes Andrii Zhupanyn.
The EU has long opposed any extraterritorial application of sanctions. However, faced with reality, steps towards extraterritoriality are clearly emerging but the EU might still wish to nuance its message, write Tom Keatinge and Gonzalo Saiz.
By establishing new punishments for countries helping Russia evade sanctions, the EU may have created a rod for its own back, write Steven Farmer and Iris Karaman.
With the recently adopted eleventh package of sanctions on Russia and Spain’s new EU presidency, Madrid should prioritise Ukraine, according to Gonzalo Saiz Erausquin. Gonzalo Saiz Erausquin is research analyst at the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at Royal …
Stricter sanctions and an end to Europe's LNG purchases from Russia can disable funding for the Kremlin's war of aggression against Ukraine and halt its gas infrastructure expansion plans in the Arctic, writes Andrii Zhupanin.
Much focus is placed on discerning the impact sanctions are having on Russia, but EU member states must first ensure robust implementation, writes Gonzalo Saiz Erausquin. Gonzalo Saiz Erausquin is a Research Analyst at the Centre for Financial Crime and Security …
The arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a much bigger deal than it may appear: It makes him a political outcast unlikely to play a role in a possible negotiated peace process.
Bulgaria needs to look into itself and ask whether it could be at risk of failing to police sanctions against those connected to the Russian state, now a pariah following the invasion of Ukraine, writes Nick Kochan.
In making plans for aggression against Ukraine, Russia probably made calculations, but it is unclear what calculations Belgrade made so it continues to act vis-à-vis Russia as an ally, Orhan Dragaš writes.
Serbia is getting dangerously close to the bloc of autocratic and aggressive regimes, such as those in Moscow and Tehran, and thus, turning its back on its Western partners, writes Orhan Dragaš.
Since Russia started the war against Ukraine, its diplomacy has abandoned the veiled messages to countries in the Western Balkans and now resorts to direct threats, writes Orhan Dragaš.
Hungary will soon become the first EU member state to give citizens a chance to voice their opinion on Russian sanctions, which should preferably align with the government's own anti-sanction stance if the latest campaign in Hungary is anything to go by.
Europe and the US should not repeat their mistakes of dragging their feet through a lack of commitment and engagement with Ukraine. A solution to Ukraine’s short- and long-term problems could be the seizure of Russian central bank assets, writes Tomi Huhtanen.
As the EU faces up to the economic impact of a war on its borders, its budgetary coffers are empty. What can done to address this, asks Nicu Stefanuta.
Serbia’s minister of internal affairs, Aleksandar Vulin's recent visit to Russia caused enormous damage to Serbia, and its existential interests writes Orhan Dragaš.
As the Kremlin cuts natural-gas deliveries to European Union countries, the EU should waste no time closing a loophole in its oil embargo against Russia, write Martin Vladimirov and Kostantsa Rangelova.
Eurofound carried out a survey in April 2022 asking over 40,000 people living in Europe their views on a range of issues, including the war in Ukraine. It showed solidarity with Ukraine is very high and translates into active and practical support measures.
Seizing Russian assets in Europe is an important and just way to help Ukrainians now and during the country's reconstruction, writes Paweł Jabłoński.
According to some estimates, switching off the Russian oil and gas pump for just two months may be sufficient to starve the war machine of resources and force Russia to abandon its aggressive war, writes Kateryna Markevych.
Following the summit trilogy that put Brussels in the spotlight last week, a key question emerges: why isn’t the European import of Russian rough diamonds hit by any of the trade sanctions adopted by the EU since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, asks Larisa Stanciu.
As the exodus of international companies from Russia continues, Nazar Bobitski offers advice to the companies which still operate in the country, with various reasons for doing so.
After the massacre of Ukrainian population in Bucha, Irpin, Vorzel, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Mariupil, the EU should completely disconnect Russia from SWIFT, close all their ports to Russian ships, froze and seize all the Russian assets, and charge Putin as war criminal, writes Roman Rukomeda.
For Ukrainians, victory over the Russian invaders is the only choice. For that, Ukraine needs support from Europe in the form of military support, further sanctions, and in creating the preconditions for a lasting peace, argues Nataliya Popovych.
