Yermak-McFaul Group
About the Yermak-McFaul International Working Group on Russian Sanctions
Sanctions Group is an international working Group of independent experts on sanctions against Russia.
The purpose of the sanctions Group is to provide a comprehensive list of possible additional economic and political measures to strengthen US, European and global sanctions against Russia and Belarus in order to end Russia’s war against Ukraine as soon as possible.
The Group was created at the initiative of the President of Ukraine. The Group is co-chaired by the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, and the former US ambassador to Russia, Stanford University professor Michael McFaul.
Group members
More than 100 experts operate in the working Group, most of whom represent the USA and Ukraine. Analytical materials for the Group are provided by KSE Institute, Institute for International Finance, Yale School of Management, as well as the Economists for Ukraine association.
The working group includes independent international experts, such as:
- Michael Anthony McFaul, an American academic and diplomat, Director at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies in the Department of Political Science, and the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.
- Anders Åslund, a Swedish economist and diplomat, leading international expert on national economies of Ukraine, Russia and the countries of the former USSR;
- William Taylor, former US ambassador to Ukraine;
- Larry Diamond, American political sociologist;
- Francis Fukuyama, American philosopher, political economist and publicist ;
- Christopher Miller, an American retired United States Army Special Forces colonel who served as acting United States secretary of defense from November 9, 2020, to January 20, 2021, and others.
Kyiv School of Economics is presented by:
- Tymofiy Mylovanov, KSE President, Associate Professor of the University of Pittsburgh, Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine (2019-2020);
- Natalija Shapoval, Head of KSE Institute, Vice President for Economic and Policy Research at KSE;
- Tymofii Brik, Rector at the KSE University, Head of Sociological Research at KSE, Vice President for International Relations.
KSE Graduates also took part in the development of the sanctions package: Yurii Gorodnichenko, a member of the KSE International Academic Board, professor at University of California, Berkeley, and Ilona Sologoub, Director of Political and Economic Research at Kyiv School of Economics, Scientific Editor at VoxUkraine.
The Group also includes two secretaries: Vladyslav Vlasyuk from the Ukrainian side and Bronte Cass from the US side.
Progress in the implementation of the Action plan on strengthening sanctions against the RF:
On behalf of the Government and the Office of the President of Ukraine, the KSE Institute also monitors the implementation of sanctions, analyzes their effectiveness, and prepares other analytical documents regarding the need to introduce new restrictions against the Russian economy.
Currently, the progress of the implementation of the Plan is 70%. Meaning more than half of the plan’s measures have been partially or fully implemented.
Group’s products:
The Sanctions Group is developing a list of documents, strategies and roadmaps that contain plans and recommendations for the implementation of sanctions against Russia and Belarus, as well as monitoring their effectiveness.
Papers and Statements
- Paper #1. Action plan on strengthening sanctions against the Russian Federation PDF
- Paper #2. Roadmap of energy sanctions PDF
- Paper #3. Roadmap of individual sanctions PDF
- Paper #4. Roadmap of financial sanctions PDF
- Paper #5. The Case for Designating the Russian Federation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism PDF
- Paper #6. Why and How to Confiscate Russia’s Sovereign Assets to Help Rebuild Ukraine PDF
- Paper #7. IT & Supporting Technologies: Recommendations for Sanctions against the Russian Federation PDF
- Paper #8. Rosatom and Civilian Nuclear Power: Recommendations for Sanctions against the Russian Federation PDF
- Paper #9. Measures to Increase The Effectiveness of Sanctions PDF
- Paper #10. Implementation of the Oil Price Cap PDF
- Paper #11. Action Plan 2.0 on Strengthening Sanctions Against the Russian Federation PDF
- Paper #12. Strengthening Sanctions to Stop Western Technology from Helping Russia’s Military Industrial Complex PDF
- Paper #13. Strengthening Sanctions on Foreign Components in Russian Military Drones PDF
- Paper #14. Using Energy Sanctions to Shorten the War PDF
- Paper #15. Why and How the West Should Seize Russia’s Sovereign Assets to Help Rebuild Ukraine PDF
- Statement Before the G7 meeting PDF
- Statement on the 6th sanctions package PDF
- Statement on European Energy Security and Siemens Turbines PDF
- Statement on Why Russia Should Be Excluded from the Financial Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) PDF
- Statement on a Price Cap on Russian Oil Products PDF
Reports and Memos
- Bolstering Energy Security in Northeastern Europe Through Transatlantic Cooperation
- The EU’s Relations with a Future Democratic Russia: A Strategy
- Business Retreats and Sanctions Are Crippling the Russian Economy
- SLIDE DECK: Business Retreats and Sanction Are Crippling the Russian Economy
- Russia Sanctions: Adapting to a Moving Target PDF
- Russia Sanctions – Climbing the Escalation Ladder PDF
- Macro Notes – Russia: Payments Systems and Digital Ruble PDF
- Curbing Russian Oil and Gas Revenues: Next Steps PDF
- Macro Notes: Impact of an EU Oil Embargo PDF
- Arguments for Priority Sanctions on Russia PDF
- Macro Notes – Europe’s National Gas Conundrum PDF
- Impact of Sanctions on Russian Economy PDF
- Note on Gaps in Sanctions: US and EU PDF
- Oil Embargo Roadmap: Four Steps To a Full Embargo PDF
- Macro Notes – Russia Sanctions: A Possible Energy Embargo PDF
- Macro Notes – Russia Sanctions: Financial Sector Stabilizing PDF
- Macro Notes – Russia: Economy to Contract Sharply in 2022 PDF
- Russian Energy Ban Myth Buster PDF
- Sanctions Summary for the Period March 24-29
- The Economic Rationale for Oil and Gas Embargo on Putin’s Regime PDF
Columns
- European Integration Is the North Star for Energy Reform in Ukraine
- Putin Is Going to Lose His War
- While Putin Doubles Down in Ukraine, His Gas Gambit Is Failing
- Europe Can Win Putin’s Gas War but Must Learn Nord Stream Lessons
- A Visa Ban Is a Sanction the West Should Impose
- Are Those Corporate Compliance Policies Just a Pile of Papers, or a Reflection of Values?
- Don’t Stop Now — Tech Sanctions Can Wreck Putin’s War Machine
- Yes, It Hurts: Measuring the Effects of Western Sanctions Against Russia
- Are Those Corporate Compliance Policies Just a Pile of Papers, or a Reflection of Values?
- Don’t Stop Now — Tech Sanctions Can Wreck Putin’s War Machine
- The Myth of Putin as World Energy Czar is Running Out of Gas
- Foreign Policy: Actually, the Russian Economy is Imploding
- Staying Reputable on Russia
- CSIS - Smart Oil Sanctions Against Russia
- Zelensky Unplugged: Ukraine’s Rresident Gives American CEOs Advice and Sobering
- Warnings about ‘Our Common War’
- Naspers to Sell Russia’s Biggest Online Classifieds Business Avito
- Kyiv Post: Sanctions and the “Art of Smart”
- The Right Way to Sanction Russian Energy
- Moritz Schularick Argues that Germany Should Immediately Cut Off Russian Gas
- The Rigidity of Russian Oil Holds the Key to Smart Sanctions
- Russian Oil's Achilles Heel
- How to Stop Former Western Leaders From Becoming Paid Shills for Autocrats
More about the Group’s activities – here.
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