ArmInfo. The "sanctioning war" between the United States and Russia will be quite lengthy. The director of the Center for Regional Studies Richard Kirakosyan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.
"The long-term policy of the current president of Russia is characterized by a swoop to the West at any time when Moscow is beginning to feel its weak points." I can say that in the current US administration of Trump these weak points, primarily expressed there is also a lack of competence, and it is not necessary to expect a reduction in the level of tension between Washington and Moscow in the foreseeable future, "the analyst said.
Anti-Russian sanctions came into force with the signing on August 2 by US President Donald Trump of the Senate-initiated US Congress bill to expand sanctions against Russia, Iran and the DPRK. The day before, US Vice President Michael Pence had called for the lifting of sanctions "by the Kremlin's fulfillment of its obligations," regretfully stressing that "Russia's recent diplomatic moves are telling the opposite."
At the same time, Kirakosyan does not agree with his colleagues who consider imposing sanctions against Russia as a blow to the Armenian economy. According to him, the direct negative impact of the new anti- Russian sanctions on Armenia, as a whole, will reduce to formal manifestations. However, the disappointing state of the Russian economy, in his view, on the whole has a very negative impact on the Armenians working in Russia, sending money to their homeland, and on trade with Armenia.