INFLUENCE OF INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS ON ECONOMY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
This paper includes the analysis of influence and effects of international sanctions and partial boycott on the Russian economy. The focus is the energy trade between the EU and Russia. Energy security has always been one of the most important problems for the EU. Russia is the EU's largest energy supplier. Taking into account the unstable political and economic situation in Eastern Europe and partial mutual economic blockade between the EU and Russia, the following issues became very topical: What is the situation in the energy sector in the European countries? What are the prospects for a partial boycott of resources? What can we expect from Russia? What is the situation with the Russian foreign trade and business? Has it has affected the sanctions or boycott? That's what we are considering in September 2015.