Eight years of sanctions against Russia. Main

Eight years RUSSIA is under serious sanctions of the usa and the European Union. Who was on the list and for what, when sanctions were imposed , how did the ruble and oil react to itwhat was happening at that time in the country - in a special project of RBC Last updated: April 18, 2021

Why Russia was sanctioned Individuals Legal entities Annexation of Crimea and events in eastern Ukraine* 311i 490 i Death of Sergei Magnitsky, corruption and violation of human rights 64 i 7 i Countering America’s Adversaries Act (CAATSA) sanctions* 32 i 43 i Cyber ​​attacks against the US and EU* 52 i 28 i Supporting the government of Syria 12 i 6 i Selling goods or weapons to North Korea, Iran and Syria 6 i 16 i Use of chemical weapons** 11 i 10 i Supporting the government of Venezuela 4 i Supporting arms transfers to Libya 1 i Interference in US Elections 20 i 11 i “Certain Harmful Activities of the Russian Government”*** 6 isanctioned for cyberattacks against the United States were later also included in the CAATSA sanctions list.

** EU sanctions against Skripal suspects in 2019, and EU and US sanctions imposed in 2020 and 2021 in connection with Navalny's poisoning.

*** The full name of the decree of US President Joe Biden is “On the blocking of property for certain wrecking actions of the government of the Russian Federation”

Large-scale sanctions against Russia began in April 2013 due to the death of Russian auditor Sergei Magnitsky. In the West, they believe that his death in 2009 is connected with the exposure of corruption schemes for tax refunds, in which Russian officials and security forces could be involved. The Magnitsky Act, originally directed against individuals who, in the opinion of the US authorities, could be involved in the death of the auditor, later began to operate against those responsible for violating human rights and the rule of law both in Russia and around the world. The most large-scale sanctions are associated with the annexation of Crimea to Russia and the events in eastern Ukraine. In the “Crimean” sanctions, the persons on the list are necessarily somehow connected with the “annexation and/or integration of Crimea.” In the case of “East Ukrainian” sanctions, there may be no connection with the events in Donetsk/Lugansk – state-owned companies are punished simply because they are state-owned companies, “oligarchs” – for the most remote connection with the regime. Sanctions for cyberattacks were introduced by Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, on April 1, 2015. They allow the US Department of the Treasury to freeze any assets in the country of persons suspected of committing cyberattacks.

How many sanctions against Russia were imposed by US presidents Number of individuals and entities on the sanctions list Barack Obama 555 From April 12, 2013 to January 9, 2017 Donald Trump 293 From June 1, 2017 to January 19, 2021 Joe Biden 45 From March 2, 2021 to April 15, 2021

August 2, 2017 President of the United StatesDonald Trump signed into law the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). It imposes additional restrictions on Iran, North Korea and Russia. The smallest groups of sanctions against Russia are sanctions for providing support to the governments of Syria and Venezuela, deals with the authorities of the DPRK. On August 27, 2018, sanctions came into force that do not directly affect individuals or legal entities. They are connected with the poisoning of former GRU colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, Britain. The EXPORT to Russia of goods and technologies that are controlled by US regulators according to the criterion of "National Security" was banned (for example, avionics, underwater vehicles, some gas turbines, calibration equipment, etc.). The exception includes goods and technologies necessary to ensure the safety of civil passenger aviation. In January 2019, the EU imposed the first sanctions against individuals involved in the poisoning of the Skripals.