The effect of Russian unfriendly-country list and import ban: Gravity framework test
Journal: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Year: 2023

Abstract. Since 2021, Russia has maintained a list of unfriendly countries. This list and the import ban list introduced in 2014 are some of the main economic sanctions Russia uses to influence trading partners. This paper attempts to quantify the effect of putting a trading partner on the list of unfriendly countries compared to the Russian import ban. The study uses the data on trade flows between Russia and its trading partners from the UN COMTRADE database for select agri-food products. Empl