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On 17 March 2014, the United States, the European Union, and Canada introduced specifically targeted sanctions, [24] [25] [26] the day after the disputed Crimean referendum and a few hours before Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing Crimea as an independent state, laying the groundwork for the annexation of Crimea by Russia.
New Zealand imposed "largely symbolic" sanctions in May 2014, [25] and in September 2014, Australia placed Russia, Crimea, and Sevastopol on the Australian autonomous sanctions list in response to the Russian threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, [26] [27] [28] while Japan sanctioned Russian military-related technology ...
Despite international sanctions, Russian energy sales have increased in value, and its exports have expanded with new financing options and payment methods for international buyers. According to the Institute of International Finance, "Russia is swimming in cash", earning $97 billion from oil and gas sales through July 2022. According to a ...
Sanctions, economic or international, that have been imposed on Russia include: International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War (2014–) Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, US legislation (2017) International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022–) For sanctions that Russia has imposed on other ...
Res. 73/263, 22 December 2018, "Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine." [16] Res. 74/17, 9 December 2019, "Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov." [17]
Ukrainian checkpoint at Kalanchak, entering Kherson Oblast from Russian-occupied Crimea. Sanctions were imposed to prevent officials and politicians from travelling to Canada, the United States, or the European Union. They were the most wide-ranging applied to Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. [447] [448]
A timeline of some key events: 1945-1948 — Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula ends with Tokyo’s World War II defeat in 1945 but the peninsula is eventually divided into a Soviet ...
A poll of the Crimean public in Russian-annexed Crimea was taken by the Ukrainian branch of Germany's biggest market research organization, GfK, on 16–22 January 2015. According to its results: "Eighty-two percent of those polled said they fully supported Crimea's inclusion in Russia, and another 11 percent expressed partial support.