Because of the war that it started a year ago with its neighbor Ukraine, thousands of sanctions were imposed on Russia to become the country most exposed to this type of measures in the world, which resulted in negative effects on its economy.

According to data from the Swedish company Castellum.AI, which specializes in monitoring risks related to sanctions, Russia has surpassed Iran, Syria and North Korea in terms of the number of sanctions imposed on it.

Since the start of the attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Western countries have imposed harsh economic sanctions on Russia, which included many areas such as banking, energy sources, trade, transportation, media, technology, cars, and sports.

The Swedish company's data shows that since the start of the war, 11,327 new penalties have been imposed on Russia, bringing the total number of penalties against it to 14,222.

Iran ranked second after Russia with 4,268 penalties, then Syria with 2,643 penalties, followed by North Korea with 2,133 penalties. Other countries are subject to Western sanctions such as Belarus (1,155), Venezuela (651) and Myanmar (839).


America is in the lead

The United States topped Western countries with decisions to impose sanctions on Russia, as it imposed 1948 penalties on it since February 24, 2022, and Switzerland ranked second with 1782 penalties, then Canada with 1590, then Britain with 1390, while the European Union imposed 1324 penalties on Moscow.

The number of Russian individuals included in the sanctions list exceeded 9 thousand people, and entities two thousand, and the sanctions targeted 96 ships and 24 Russian aircraft.

Earlier this month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a 10th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine as the war's first anniversary approaches.

About two weeks ago, the Russian Ministry of Finance estimated the volume of assets frozen by the West at between 300 and 350 billion dollars, which is about half of Russia's reserves of gold and foreign exchange. Basically, we are talking about monetary gold, debt securities, and currencies.