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The United States has imposed two-thirds of the world's sanctions since the 1990s. [1] In 2024, the Washington Post said that the United States imposed "three times as many sanctions as any other country or international body, targeting a third of all nations with some kind of financial penalty on people, properties or organizations". [2]
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List – US sanctions list; Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 – U.S. law; United States sanctions – Trade restrictions levied by the United States government; Ural Airlines Flight 1383 – 2023 aviation incident in Russia, that was at first speculated to be due to sanctions against Russia
On March 15, 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MFARF) said it had imposed sanctions on US President Joe Biden and 12 other US officials. [137] The MFARF released a statement on April 13, 2022, announcing sanctions against 398 members of the U.S. House of Representatives .
The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced new sanctions on over 300 entities and individuals aimed at cutting off Russia's access to products and services needed to sustain military ...
The United States on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on 130 firms and people from Turkey, China and the United Arab Emirates in an effort to choke off Russia's access to tools and ...
The White House on Thursday unveiled the main elements of its plan to sanction Russia following Vladimir Putin’s attack Ukraine, vowing to hinder Russia's ability to do business with other ...
On 6 March 2014, U.S. president Barack Obama, invoking, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act, signed an executive order declaring a national emergency and ordering sanctions, including travel bans and the freezing of U.S. assets, against not-yet-specified individuals who had "asserted governmental authority in the Crimean region without ...
VIENNA (Reuters) -A top U.S. sanctions official will this week warn Austria and Raiffeisen Bank International of the dangers of doing business in Russia, piling pressure on the biggest Western ...