Russia became the country with the largest number of sanctions, the rating showed

Passers-by on Red Square in Moscow. File photoMOSCOW, March 8Russia has become the country against which the most sanctions have been imposed in several years, and since February 22, another 2,778 new restrictive measures have been added, according to the Castellum.AI sanctions tracking service. It is noted that, given the restrictions imposed before February 22, everything is against Since 2014, the Russian Federation has imposed 5,532 sanctions as of March 7. Russia, therefore, is significantly ahead of Iran, Syria and North Korea, which follow. . A significant part of these restrictions are individual. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, and on February 24, Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. In response, Western countries began to introduce new anti-Russian sanctions. As the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said, the Western sanctions are very serious, Russia was preparing for them in advance. He added that they require analysis and coordination of departments in order to develop response measures that meet the interests of the Russian Federation. Western companies that refuse to work with Russia did so under enormous pressure, but Russia will solve all the problems with the economy that the West creates for it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier.Japan has expanded sanctions against Russia and Belarus