In response to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, some governments and international organizations, led by the United States and European Union, imposed sanctions on Russian individuals and businesses.

 €300 billion of Russian Central Bank reserves are blocked in the EU, other G7 countries and Australia (two thirds of which are blocked in the EU)

Sanctions against Syria are a series of economic sanctions and restrictions imposed by the European Union, the United States, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, mainly as a result of the repression of civilians in the Syrian civil war from 2011 onwards.

 sale or supply of goods, software, technology and services to Syria, people in Syria are barred from accessing Western online platforms

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The United States imposed sanctions in the 1950s and tightened them further after international bombings against South Korea by North Korean agents during the 1980s, including the Rangoon bombing and the bombing of Korean Air Flight 858.

After North Korea conducted nuclear tests in 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016, and 2017, resolutions were passed by the UN Security Council. Sanctions were once intended to target the elites by prohibiting commerce in minerals and products related to armaments, but they later spread to luxury items as well.

the UN resolutions target top export industries, preventing North Korea from bringing in external revenue that could be used for the country and its people

It banned all trade and financial transactions with the island unless licensed by the Treasury Department subject to detailed regulations contained today in the 56-page Cuban Assets Control Regulations

This embargo built on the precedent set by President Eisenhower who cut off U.S. exports to the island, except for food and medicine. President Johnson then expanded the embargo’s reach through a multilateral policy of economic denial in 1964, which severely inhibited Cuba’s efforts to foster economic relations with other countries

Sanctions of 1979, The sanctions were imposed by Executive Order 12170, which included freezing money including bank deposits, gold and other properties, and a trade embargo.

The United States spearheaded international efforts to financially isolate Tehran and block its oil exports to raise the cost of Iran’s efforts to develop a potential nuclear weapons capability and to bring its government to the negotiating table.

medicine and raw materials for Iranian pharmaceutical companies and medical equipment for hospitals are stopped.