Sanctions Russia Research Library
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Explore academic research, policy papers, and analytical evidence on sanctions against Russia, their implementation, enforcement, and impact.
2025
Long-Run Consequences of Sanctions on Russia
This paper uses a theoretical model to understand the long-term consequences of sustained trade sanctions of the scale…
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2025
Trade Sanctions Against Russia: Stylized Facts
The authors compile a unique, product-level dataset capturing trade sanctions directed at Russia in the aftermath of early…
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2024
Decision to Leave: Economic Sanctions and Intermediated Trade
December 2024 This paper documents a substantial change in the composition, routing and unit values of Russia’s imports…
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2024
Sanctions and Russian online prices
The sanctions imposed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have had a pronounced effect on consumer prices and product…
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2024
The (In)effectiveness of Sanctions: An Attempt at Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Sanction Policy Against Russia
The paper seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of sanctions imposed by the European Union, the United States, and…
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2024
Trade Sanctions against Russia and their WTO Consistency: Focusing on Justification under National Security Exceptions
The legal implications of sanctions against Russia within the framework of WTO agreements remain a contested issue, with…
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2024
On the design of effective sanctions: the case of bans on exports to Russia
The article investigates how specifically targeted export bans can significantly undermine Russia’s economic performance and defense capacity, serving…
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2024
The EU’s Autonomous Sanctions Against Russia in 2014 Versus 2022: How Does the Bureaucratic Politics Model Bring in the Institutional ‘Balance of Power’ Within the EU?
The European Union’s sanctions response to Russia in 2022 reflected a fundamental shift in the way the bloc…
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2023
Economic Sanctions: Evolution, Consequences, and Challenges
The authors describe the 2022 sanctions against Russia, triggered by the invasion of Ukraine, as notably broad and…
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2023
Revisiting the effectiveness of economic sanctions in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The paper explores the effectiveness of economic sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine,…
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2023
Economic sanctions against Russia: How effective? How durable?
The author observes that sanctions on Russia have multiple aims: to deter aggression, punish military offenses, and impede…
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2023
Russo – Ukrainian war: Limits of Western economic sanctions
The authors analyze how Western sanctions intended to deter Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine have fallen short of…
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