Russia is the most sanctioned country in the world
As the Russian-initiated war in Ukraine is one year behind schedule, Western countries have imposed numerous sanctions to make Russia pay a heavy economic price.
With the continued attacks, the scope of the sanctions was expanded over time, and sanctions were imposed on Russia in many areas, such as finance, energy, transportation, media, technology, automobiles, sports, and trade.
According to data from the global sanctions tracking database Castellum.ai, 11,327 new sanctions were imposed against Russia as of February 22, 2022. The total number of sanctions imposed on Russia since the pre-war period has reached 14,022.
With this number, Russia surpassed Iran with 4,268 sanctions, Syria with 2,643 sanctions, and North Korea with 2,133 sanctions.
Belarus with 1,155 sanctions, Venezuela with 651 and Myanmar with 839 sanctions were on the list of countries with the most sanctions in the world.
MOST OF THE SANCTIONS CAME FROM THE US.
As of February 22, 2022, the country that took the most sanctions against Russia was the US with 1,948 sanctions. Switzerland with 1,782 sanctions, Canada with 1,590 sanctions, England with 1,429 sanctions, the European Union (EU) with 1,390 sanctions, France with 1,324 sanctions, Australia with 945 sanctions and Japan with 919 sanctions followed the United States.
To date, 9,117 of the sanctions against Russia have been applied to individuals, while 2,90 have been directed at organizations, 96 at ships and 24 at aircraft.
On February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the decree recognizing the so-called pro-Russian separatist government in eastern Ukraine.
In response to Putin’s decision, Western countries began announcing their first sanctions against Russia from February 22, 2022.
On February 24, 2022, Putin announced that he had launched a special military operation in the Donbas, in eastern Ukraine.
With the official start of the attack on Ukraine, Western countries increased their sanctions against Russia. (AA)