Internal Contradictions

CHILE - Report 08 Dec 2014 by Alberto Etchegaray

Executive SummaryTwo major international summits that took place in November, in China and Australia, were all about Ukraine and Russia and met with no apparent success. Despite intense consultations, President Putin was unable to conduct a fruitful dialogue with his counterparts from Europe, and even less so with the US president.Economic sanctions imposed by the West (and even more so, those imposed by Russia) have put the Eurasian Economic Union under pressure as some members try to capitalize on transiting goods that are embargoed by Russia. That makes both the retaliatory sanctions and...

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