title: Russian international economic policy
abstract: Contemporary Russian international economic policy assumes the resumption of the Cold War 1947–1987 while pretending to operate under the rules of Cold Peace. Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 radically transformed its international trade policy, prompting Vladimir Putin to shift from a joint consumer utility and national security enhancing objective to one prioritising spheres of influence at the expense of foregone per capita GDP. International economic sanctions could constrain Putin’s ro