Sino-Russian Relations in the Trump Era : An Uneven Partnership
Journal: Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB)
Year: 2021

the United States blocked all lending to Russia from international financial institutions (IFIs) , prohibited US banks from buying Russian sovereign bonds and limited lending to Russia.Additional restrictions on the US exports to Russia were introduced as well.Observers were surprised at the sanctions' timing "in the absence of new developments" and claimed it was "hard to defend such sanctions against a Russia largely void of any new foul play." 1) Even so, the U.S.Senate, acting on behalf of v