Bloomberg called Russia the world leader in the number of sanctions Russia bypassed Iran, Syria and North Korea in the number of sanctions against its individuals and legal entities. Since February 22, 2778 Russian facilities have been subject to restrict

In a few days since the recognition of the independence of the DPR and LPR and the start of a military special operation in Ukraine, Russia has become the leading country in terms of the number of sanctions imposed against it. Bloomberg writes about this with reference to the Castellum.AI database platform.

According to her, now the number of sanctioned objects exceeds 5530, and more than half of them have come under restrictions since February 22 - 2778.

Prior to this, Iran was the leader in terms of the number of sanctions targets - 3616. These measures were introduced over the course of a decade, mainly for the nuclear program and support for terrorism, Bloomberg notes.

Syria (2608), North Korea (2077), Venezuela (651), Myanmar (510) and Cuba (208) follow.