RESPON RUSIA TERHADAP SANKSI YANG DIBERLAKUKAN OLEH NATO PASCA-ANEKSASI CRIMEA

Abstract

The Crimea referendum decision was considered an illegal decision, and was considered an annexation attempt by Russia. Many countries do not recognize and even condemn the results of the referendum, but Vladimir Putin is not afraid and even continues to sign the law legalizing Crimea as part of Russia. The United States is one of the countries most opposed to the results of the referendum, as a form of disapproval of the United States to the referendum which is considered illegal. The United States imposes sanctions in the form of an economic embargo on Russia, with the intention of weakening Russia from its economic sector, the United States even cooperates with the European Union with a view to narrowing Russia's trading partners, of which the European Union is Russia's largest trading partner, Russia will thereby lose its market in the European Union. The embargo given by the United States to Russia was in the form of: Prohibition of Visas and Freezing of Assets for Russian officials and businessmen, as well as for Russian-owned companies, embargoes in the sector of Sanctions in Russia's financial, industrial and defense sectors, as well as expulsion of Russia from membership G-8. This made Russia implement several foreign policies to overcome these sanctions. This research will further discuss how the foreign policy issued by Russia. Researchers use the neorealism approach, the concept of national interest, and the concept of international cooperation. These concepts will later assist researchers in strengthening research assumptions from existing data. The method used for this research is a qualitative research method.