title: EU Sanctions against Russia: A Punishment, a Signal of Displeasure or a Wild-Goose Chase
abstract: The decision of the European Union (EU) to maintain sanctions against Russia has raised concerns among scholars and pundits on the actual reasons for the sanctions.In mid 2014, the EU introduced series of sanctions against Russia, shortly after the latter annexed Crimea through a referendum considered to be illegitimate by the EU and many other Western countries.The EU considers the annexation of Crimea by Russia as an illegal intrusion into Ukraine's sovereignty and therefore, Russia must be pu
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