When Russia and the West Built Something Shared

Economy

A Ticket to World Trade: How Russia Paid for Its Seat at the WTO
Economy

A Ticket to World Trade: How Russia Paid for Its Seat at the WTO

Nineteen years of talks and packages of concessions to the EU and the United States: Russia deliberately paid for its place in the world trading system — and joined the WTO in 2012.

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The G8 summit at the Constantine Palace in Strelna, near St Petersburg, 16 July 2006 — Russia hosted the G8 for the first time. Photo: www.kremlin.ru. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (attribution to www.kremlin.ru required). Source: Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:32nd_G8_summit_official_photo_ceremony.jpg
Economy

Paying the Soviet Union’s Bills: How Russia Cleared Its Paris Club Debt

In 2006, Russia repaid $23 billion of Soviet-era debt to the Paris Club ahead of schedule — deliberately overpaying for its reputation.

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The main Russian gas export pipelines to Europe: Nord Stream, Yamal–Europe, Blue Stream, Druzhba, and others. Map: Samuel Bailey, 2009. Licence: CC BY 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Major_russian_gas_pipelines_to_europe.png
Economy

Steel Threads: How Russia and Europe Built a Shared Energy Home

In the 2000s, Russia and Europe tied their economies together with pipelines built for decades ahead — an interdependence designed as a guarantee of peace.

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