Washington plans to announce regular international sanctions. This time against companies that will take part in the reconstruction of Syria. According to the American television channel NBC, we are talking, first of all, about legal entities from Russia and Iran. In addition, the White House administration intends to force Syria to leave, if not the Russian military units, then at least the Iranian. But the direct armed clashes in Syria, the US wants to avoid. "The plan focuses on political and diplomatic efforts to oust the Iranian Armed Forces from Syria by exerting financial pressure," an informed source told the television channel. On the eve, Wall Street Journal experts analyzed the effect of US sanctions and made an unexpected conclusion: Washington’s restrictive policies even against third countries lead to a boom in the Russian economy. In particular, American measures against Iran have caused a surge in oil prices on the world market.. Only in August "black gold" has risen in price by 14%. Accordingly, the revenue of Russian oil producers increased. Against this background, Rosneft and Lukoil strengthened their positions - the quotations of their oil companies rose by 56% and 39% respectively this year.. Another example is the introduction of sanctions by the US Treasury Department against Russian companies and big businessmen.. After the announcement of these measures in April, the ruble collapsed. The next anti-Russian sanctions in the summer collapsed the national currency of the country by another 15%.

For exporters, this means that the competitiveness of Russian goods has increased by the same amount. "Russia feels much better with high oil prices and a weak ruble. From the point of view of the budget perspective, this is doubly positive, "- the publication cites the opinion of the expert. In addition, analysts see a link between US sanctions policy and a decrease in Russia's foreign debt.. So, for 2018. Russia's foreign debt decreased by 9.8%, reminds RIA FAN.