Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February 2014, numerous countries have placed

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on Russia and

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as the

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continued. Leading economic and political powers, such as the

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and numerous members of the

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(EU), are just some of the many nations and

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who have established sanctions against individuals, businesses and officials from Russia and Ukraine. In response, Russia imposed its own sanctions against numerous countries, including a total ban on food imports from Australia,

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, the United States, and the European Union.

By Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, the European Union and Australia

Prior to 2022 invasion

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, and

imposed an initial round of sanctions on 17 March 2014 and, on 11 April,

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and

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announced that they would be following suit. On 28 April, the US expanded its sanctions to include 17 Russian companies, with

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, and Australia, taking similar actions soon thereafter. The EU also joined the 28 April sanctions and, in addition, instructed the

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and the

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to suspend the signature of new financing operations in Russia. The EU continued to expand the scope and duration its sanctions repeatedly over the following months, agreeing to extend the existing sanctions on 150 individuals and 38 companies for another six months in March 2018, and adding five individuals to their sanctions lists for their involvement with and organisation of the March 2018 Russia presidential elections in Crimea and Sevastopol that May. Switzerland, although not an EU member, mirrored the Union's sanctions, a historic deviation from the country's stance of semi-complete political and wartime neutrality, citing a "serious violation of the most fundamental norms of international law ..within the scope of its political room for manoeuvre."

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imposed "largely symbolic" sanctions in May 2014, and, that September, Australia placed Russia, Crimea, and Sevastopol on the Australian autonomous sanctions list in response to the Russian threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, while

sanctioned Russian military-related technology and five major Russian banks (

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Gazprombank Gazprombank (russian: Газпромбанк), or GPB (JSC), is a private-owned Russian bank, the third largest bank in the country by assets. Since November 2014, Yuri Shamalov's Gazfond is its largest shareholder. The bank’s principal busine ...

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, and the

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). Since first imposing its sanctions in 2014, the United States expanded them several times, including in December 2015 and April 2018. As of 24 May 2018, Ukraine's sanctions list named more than 1000 individuals and more than 400 entities.

After 2022 invasion