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Countries and territories on the list have imposed or joined sanctions against Russia. [35] Western countries and others began imposing limited sanctions on Russia when it recognised the independence of self-declared Donbass republics. With the commencement of attacks on 24 February, a large number of other countries began applying sanctions ...
In response to Ottawa's sanctions, Russia has blacklisted 200 Canadians, banning them from entering the country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on December 9, 2022. In total, the list of Canadian citizens who are permanently barred entry to the Russian Federation includes 1,204 names. [157]
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 ...
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]
In March 2022, in retaliation for sanctions imposed against Russia in response to their invasion of Ukraine, Russia added an additional 48 countries that had imposed sanctions against it to the unfriendly countries list. Creditors from countries on the list who sought to receive payments on debt were required to open a special bank account at a ...
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 countries: Economic sanctions § Russian sanctions (20th – 21st centuries)
David Malpass, president of the World Bank Group, warned of far-reaching economic and social effects, and reported the bank was preparing significant economic and fiscal support to Ukraine and the region. [412] Economic sanctions affected Russia from the first day of the invasion; its stock market fell by up to 39% .
International sanctions against Syria; International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine; International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War; International sanctions against Iran; United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning the nuclear program of Iran; Iranian frozen assets; International sanctions against Iraq