# Blog, Interviews

Germany’s Fear of Russian Gas Squeeze is Misplaced

My Financial Times letter. The Ukrainian economist Oleg Ustenko is right in highlighting that energy sanctions against Russia are not working. What is worse, they may have even helped fill Putin’s coffers. Russia is the ...

10th August 2022 by Guntram Wolff 1236 views

# Blog, Interviews

For Europe, a gradual oil embargo is not the way to go

Our op-ed on Politico The European Commission’s plan to target Russian oil in its latest sanctions package aims to ramp up the pressure on Moscow. Oil is a major source of hard currency for Russia, and since the introduc...

9th May 2022 by Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 882 views

# Interviews

Die Welt ist süchtig nach Öl und Gas – das spielt Putin in die Karten

Mein Interview im Spiegel...

5th May 2022 by Guntram Wolff 221 views

# Blog

A phase out of Russian oil may be less effective than a tariff at reducing Putin’s rents

A punitive tariff on all energy imports from Russia would be a better choice than a gradually phased-in embargo on selected fuels. The European Union’s plan to target Russian oil in the context of its latest sanctions pa...

4th May 2022 by Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 973 views

# Blog, Interviews

A tariff on imports of fossil fuel from Russia

Read the full opinion as published in Welt and Rzeczpospolita. Following the Russian attack on Ukraine, major sanctions have been imposed, most notably with the aim of limiting Russia’s access to hard international curre...

4th May 2022 by Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 1195 views

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# Blog, Publications

How to weaken Russian oil and gas strength

Our letter to Science is available here pdf...

29th April 2022 by RICARDO HAUSMANN, AGATA ŁOSKOT-STRACHOTA, AXEL OCKENFELS, ULRICH SCHETTER, SIMONE TAGLIAPIETRA, GUNTRAM WOLFF, GEORG ZACHMANN 1010 views

# Interviews

Die Warnzeichen waren unübersehbar

recent interview in Handesblatt...

21st April 2022 by Guntram Wolff 130 views

# Blog

The EU without Russian oil and gas

The EU and the West need to acknowledge and accept the fact that European liberal democracy is being defended in Ukraine – a clearer message to Putin is needed. A slow and gradual phasing out of Russian fossil fuel is ne...

6th April 2022 by Guntram Wolff 1066 views