Sanctions are being imposed on Russia by countries all around the world in an effort to stop it from invading Ukraine. According to Castellum, a New York-based sanctions tracking site, Russia has now become the world's most sanctioned country. AI According to the BBC, which cites Castellum.AI, Russia's total now outnumbers Iran's 3,616 sanctions, removing Tehran from first place. The US and its allies slapped sanctions on Russia for the first time on February 22, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the two Ukrainian rebel territories of Donetsk and Luhansk to be "independent nations," according to the site. It went on to say that 2,754 sanctions were already in place against Russia before the assault on February 22 and that 2,778 more were applied in the days thereafter, bringing the total to 5,532. Switzerland (568), the European Union (518), Canada (454), Australia (413), the United States (243), the United Kingdom (35) and Japan are among the ...
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