panel difference-in-differences estimations and an event study design. Motivated by the claim that China and Russia … purposefully undermine US sanction efforts, we test whether target countries' trade with China and Russia increases under US trade … sanctions. We find no evidence for systematic sanction busting. Russia does not change its trade patterns with sanctioned …

Introduction : why Russia matters and how -- Russia's historical roots -- Russia's new political system and succession … policies -- Challenges of demography and health -- Are Russians moving backwards? -- Russia as a post-imperial power -- Summing … up the balance sheet : implications for US policy toward Russia -- Fact sheet on Russia, 2000-2008 …

assertiveness. In Russia nowadays, especially since the unfolding of the Ukrainian and subsequent Syrian crises, the media landscape …