We know Russia invaded Ukraine on 02/24, four days prior to this article.

 https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/25/business/list-global-sanctions-russia-ukraine-war-intl-hnk/index.html

We know Russia invaded Ukraine on 02/24, four days prior to this article. One of the major sanctions was taking president Trump’s advice and halting certification of Nord Stream 2. According to this article Germany appears to be the only country to impose sanctions on energy. Switzerland and Japan appear to be the only countries to sanction Putin directly.

Direct Quotes:

The United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and Canada banned certain Russian banks from SWIFT on Saturday, the high security network that facilitates payments among 11,000 financial institutions in 200 countries. Earlier in the week, Germany halted certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline following Moscow's actions.

Russia is already paying a price for its aggression. The country's stocks and currency tanked last week after Putin's ordered troops into eastern Ukraine. Russia's stock market was closed Monday.

The Ruble hit record lows Monday, sliding as much as 30% against the dollar, while the Russian central bank more than doubled interest rates to 20%.

The European Commission -- along with the United States, United Kingdom and Canada -- pledged Saturday to remove Russia from SWIFT, a global messaging service that connects financial systems, as part of stricter moves to remove Russia from the international finance system.

The sanctions are aimed to hit Russia's financial, energy and transport sectors, and include export controls and trade financing bans.

Even historically neutral Switzerland is adopting the EU's sanctions against Russia, President Ignazio Cassis announced Monday. The country, which is a major center for wealthy Russian oligarchs, said it's freezing the assets of certain individuals "with immediate e ect."

The sanctions and asset freeze will apply to Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Japan said Monday that it will impose more sanctions on Russia, aligning with the G-7. Specifically, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Japan will limit transactions with Russia's central bank and that it would impose sanctions on Belarus, Reuters reported. Over the weekend, the country indicated it will deny certain Russian banks access to SWIFT and that it will freeze Putin's assets.

New Zealand is prohibiting the export of goods to the Russian military and security forces in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced further actions against Russia on Monday, including barring Russian financial institutions -- such as the Russian Central Bank -- from making transactions in American dollars.

The US also imposed sanctions on the state-owned Russian Direct Investment Fund, calling it a "known slush fund" for Putin and his inner circle.

The United Kingdom imposed fresh sanctions on Russian banks Monday and said it had a "hit list" of oligarchs to be sanctioned, according to Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.

The country will prevent Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, from clearing payments in Sterling. And three more Russian banks -- Otkritie, Sovcombank and VEB -- will face a full asset freeze.

#USA #TheChubbyCaucasianChristianClosetedConservative #Russia #Putin #Ukraine