Shutting Down Russia's Superiority Complex. An Analysis of the International Community's Response to Russia's 2014 Annexation of Crimea.
Journal: Scholarship @ Claremont (The Claremont Colleges)
Year: 2020

The United States, the European Union and allies responded to the Russian Federation’s 2014 Annexation of Crimea with economic sanctions. After providing a basic understanding of Russia’s political economy and rent redistribution economic system, this paper supplies an overview of the Western sanctions within Russia’s three economic sectors — the energy industry, the defense industry, and the financial system. From there, I make an analysis of the Russian response to the sanctions is within each