A key component of the new sanctions will be export restrictions on high-tech products. Russia's economy is to be severely hit by the fact that Putin's regime and the state-dominated economic apparatus will lose access to technologies that are hardly indispensable for maintaining operations in the medium term.
Von Falk Steiner
The EU has decided to impose sanctions on the Russian oil and gas industry. Technical equipment for the energy sector is affected. In Germany, meanwhile, compensation for further increases in energy prices is being discussed.
Von Lukas Knigge
The day after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US, the EU, and the G-7 agreed on far-reaching sanctions against Russia. At the EU Council meeting in the evening, however, differences of opinion also emerged on the scope of the sanctions – on the SWIFT payment system.
Von Eric Bonse
Russia's invasion of Ukraine plunges China into a deep strategic dilemma: Should Beijing stick to its "borderless friendship" with Vladimir Putin? But this would mean giving up its own interests and foreign policy principles. In any case, it refuses to speak of a Russian invasion.
Von Michael Radunski
The Ukraine war is also part of a global struggle for oil and gas. The USA wants to sell more of it to Europe. China, in turn, wants to be less dependent on oil and gas from the US and its allies – and is leaning toward Russia. Beijing's long-term commitments give Russian President Vladimir Putin the necessary leeway for this war.
Von Frank Sieren
Vladimir Putin's goal is the return of Russia as a superpower. The Russian president wants to reverse a trend in which Russia has steadily lost influence in Europe since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The political leadership in Beijing, especially with regard to China's claim to Taiwan, will carefully study whether and for how long Europe and the US will stand together, or whether cracks in this unity may begin to form at some point.
Von Amelie Richter
Wladimir Putin geht es um die Rückkehr Russlands als Großmacht. Der russische Präsident will eine Entwicklung rückgängig machen, in der Russland seit dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion kontinuierlich an Einfluss in Europa verloren hat. Die politische Führung in Peking wird insbesondere mit Blick auf Chinas Anspruch auf Taiwan genauestens studieren, ob und wie lange Europa und die USA zusammenstehen, oder ob sich möglicherweise irgendwann Risse in dieser Einigkeit beobachten lassen.
Von Redaktion Table
