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Interview: How tech sanctions against Russia would work

The first round of sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the EU has mainly hit Russia's financial sector. Now that President Vladimir Putin has ordered the invasion of Ukraine, further measures will follow, including export restrictions on key technologies. In an interview with Falk Steiner, Sophie-Charlotte Fischer of the Center for Security Studies at ETH in Zurich explains what such sanctions against Russia could achieve.

By Falk Steiner

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Technology sanctions would hit Russia hard

They are probably not directly included in the first round of sanctions but if the Russian Federation escalates the situation further, technology sanctions are also likely to come into force, which could hit Putin's country hard. After all, Russia is still heavily dependent on Western technology.

By Falk Steiner

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EU Health Data Space: consortium tinkering with test version

The EU Commission's draft regulation for the European Health Data Space (EHDS) is eagerly awaited. It will be the first of its kind within the framework of the European data strategy. A consortium is to start work on a kind of beta version of the EHDS this year.

By Eugenie Ankowitsch