Why Russia Could Withstand New Sanctions

Moscow is banking on the near-impossibility of taking all its oil offline.

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On Oct. 22, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions against Russian companies Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as several of their entities. The measures block all property and interests of these firms that are within U.S. jurisdiction or held by U.S. persons, effectively severing their access to American assets and […]

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Ekaterina Zolotova
Ekaterina Zolotova is an analyst for Geopolitical Futures. Prior to Geopolitical Futures, Ms. Zolotova participated in several research projects devoted to problems and prospects of Russia’s integration into the world economy. Ms. Zolotova has a specialist degree in international economic relations from Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. In addition, Ms. Zolotova studied international trade and international integration processes. Her thesis was on features of economic development of Venezuela. She speaks native Russian and is fluent in English.