The Czech Republic in the “Sanctions War” of the EU against the Russian Federation
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https://doi.org/10.31861/mediaforum.2022.10.163-183Keywords:
politics, political institutions, European Union, Czech Republic, sanctions against the Russian Federation, undeclared war and large-scale war of the Russian Federation against UkraineAbstract
The purpose of the article is to study the position of the Czech Republic in the «sanctions war» of the European Union against the Russian Federation, the Czech state’s own initiatives regarding sanctions and its relations with Russia, as the country that will preside over the European Union until the end of 2022. The following tasks are solved in the article: the position of the Czech Republic regarding the introduction of sanctions against the Russian Federation since the annexation of Crimea is substantiated, occupation of part of the territory of Donbas, during the period of the Russian Federation’s undeclared war against Ukraine and during the large-scale war launched by Russia on February 24, 2022.; the evolution of the Czech Republic’s approaches to sanctions against the Russian Federation in 2014-2022 was studied.; the modern formation of relations between the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation is analyzed; it was determined that the majority of political parties and the society of the Czech Republic approve of the introduction of European Union sanctions against the Russian Federation. Retrospective, statistical, comparative, monitoring methods, systemic and functional methodological approaches were used for research in the article.
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