CHAPTER 6

Of Crimea and Punishment

Armenian News, August 2014

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The conflicts between Russia and Ukraine have pitted Western ­countries against Russia. Some Russian officials no longer can travel abroad, and international investment and trade are restricted. Russian President ­Vladimir Putin, in turn, plans retaliatory sanctions against the United States and Western Europe by restricting Russian food imports and ­energy ­exports. Governments attempt to impose comparable sanction burdens on each other. However, due to cultural and historic differences, a policy based mainly on sanctions will lead to inequities and therefore substantially increase ...

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