Russia is now most-sanctioned nation after Iran, North Korea

International

oi-Deepika S

Moscow,
Mar
08:
Russia
has
surpassed
Iran
and
North
Korea
as
most
sanctioned
nation
after
its
full-scale
invasion
of
Ukraine.

Moscow
has
been
recently
imposed
with
a
total
of
2,778
new
sanctions,
bringing
them
to
5,530,
Bloomberg
reports,
citing
Castellum.ai,
a
global
sanctions-tracking
database.

The
new
round
of
sweeping
Western
sanctions
on
Russia
after
it
launched
an
all-out
military
operation
against
Ukraine
likely
to
hit
the
country’s
critical
supply
chains.

The
US
and
its
allies
have
decided
to
block
assets
of
four
large
Russian
banks,
impose
export
controls
and
sanction
oligarchs
close
to
Putin
after
he
ordered
a
“special
military
operation”
against
Ukraine.

Iran
has
confronted
3,616
sanctions
against
it
over
a
decade,
most
for
its
nuclear
program
and
support
of
terrorism.

Besides
Russia,
Iran,
countries
like
Syria,
North
Korea,
Venezuela,
Myanmar
and
Cuba
have
also
faced
severe
sanctions.
The
penalties
include
punishments
against
individuals,
companies
and
even
limits
on
yachts
and
airplanes.

With
568
sanctions
actions,
Switzerland
is
leading
countries
that
have
imposed
sanctions,
compared
with
518
for
the
European
Union
and
512
for
France.
The
U.S.
has
imposed
243
sanctions
actions.