What sanctions have Western countries imposed on Russia at present?

Western countries' current sanctions against Russia include financial sector, science and technology sector, online media, trade sector, energy sector, transportation sector, culture, sports and education sector, food, furniture and even cats.

1, financial sector?

On Wednesday, local time, the European Union said that it would exclude seven Russian banks from SWIFT (International Capital Settlement System), but it did not include banks that handle energy payments. This is a sanction imposed by the European Union on Russia because of the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The European Union said in its official magazine that it would give banks such as VTB and VEB, the second largest banks in Russia, 10 days to gradually stop their SWIFT business. ?

A spokesman for online payment company Paypal said that the company stopped accepting new users from Russia on Wednesday. After the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Paypal blocked some users and some large Russian banks, while Google Pay and Apple Pay also took similar actions. ?

According to the latest news from CCTV, MasterCard and Visa announced that they would stop their business in Russia in the early morning of the 6th local time. In addition, many banks such as Swiss Bank and NFT have frozen or blocked the account balance of Russian users. ?

Both the London Stock Exchange and the new york Stock Exchange have removed the shares of Russian companies. According to The Paper, Morgan Stanley Capital International and FTSE, the two largest index companies in the world, also announced that they will remove Russian stocks from all indexes in the near future. ?

In addition, the cryptocurrency website Cexlo is forbidden to Russian users, and Kuna and WhiteBIT also restrict some functions of Russian users. Recently, the three major international credit rating agencies Standard & Poor's, Fitch and Moody's successively downgraded Russia's sovereign credit rating. ?

2. The field of science and technology?

It is reported that both AMD and Intel said on Thursday local time that they have stopped selling products to Russia and Belarus. On Thursday morning, AMD said it would stop the shipment of all chips, and by Thursday afternoon, Intel also issued a similar statement. ?

In addition, the semiconductor industry was also affected last week, and the export of semiconductor equipment from South Korea and Japan to Russia was restricted; Ericsson and Nokia were also confirmed to stop delivering products to Russian customers on March 2, while evaluating the impact of Western sanctions on Russia.

In addition, after the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, a space telescope jointly developed by Germany and Russia was shut down, which mapped the largest black hole in the universe to date. ?

Space cooperation between the Russian Space Agency and NASA may be terminated. Rogozin, director of the Russian Space Agency, said: "The Russian Space Agency will reconsider its priorities and focus on achieving complete independence of space instruments." ?

3. Online media?

It is reported that the British authorities have repeatedly tried to revoke the media license of the British branch of Russian TV Today, and constantly put pressure on the staff of other Russian media. ?

In addition, Eurovision cancelled the screening qualification of Russia, and the World Mobile Communications Congress held in Barcelona rejected the certification of the Russian delegation; Tubing and Facebook announced that they would ban the accounts of Russian state-owned broadcasting companies. Previously, only Twitter banned the release of information from Russian media. ?

4. Trade field

German carmaker BMW said on Tuesday local time that it had stopped exporting cars to Russia and would stop production in Russia. It is expected that the production of BMW cars in Russia will be interrupted due to the supply bottleneck. Previously, Audi had issued a similar statement. ?

In addition, Daimler, Volvo, Ford, Hyundai, GM, Volkswagen, Mitsubishi and other automobile manufacturers have said that they will suspend their automobile manufacturing in Russia or export their cars to Russia. Ford Motor Company also announced the suspension of its joint venture in Russia. ?

Apple said it stopped exporting Apple products to Russia last week and deleted Russian state-owned news media from its non-Russian app store platform. ?

Earlier this week, other airlines such as Boeing, Airbus and General Electric said that they would no longer cooperate with Russian customers. It is reported that Boeing said in a statement that it has suspended its main business in Moscow, temporarily closed its office in Kiev, and suspended parts, maintenance and technical support services for Aeroflot. Airbus also said in a statement: "Airbus has suspended the provision of technical support, services and spare parts to Aeroflot." ?

5. Energy field

Bp decided to sell its shares in Russian oil company at a huge loss, which may bear a loss of $25 billion. ?

Shell also announced that it will terminate its cooperation with Gazprom. ExxonMobil also said that it will stop the operation of the Sakhalin oil and gas joint venture company in Russia and is taking measures to withdraw from the project. ?

6. Transport field

Europe, Canada and the United States said that after the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, they closed their airspace to Russian airlines, while transportation companies such as UPS and FedEx stopped shipping to Russia. In addition, both MSC and Maersk Shipping Group, the world's two largest container shipping groups, announced that they would suspend their freight orders to and from Russia. ?

On March 3rd, local time, Sabre Group, the largest supplier of American Airlines reservation global distribution system, said that it would terminate its global distribution agreement with Aeroflot, Russia's largest airline, which would weaken the sales ability of this government-controlled airline. ?

Last week, Delta Air Lines terminated its reservation agreement with Aeroflot. In addition to the aviation industry being affected, travel companies and cruise companies have also terminated and changed their business related to Russia. ?

7. Cultural and physical education

Since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, several international sports committees and organizations have issued statements saying that Russia is prohibited from participating. According to the Associated Press, the International Skating Federation has decided that Russian or Belarusian athletes should not be invited or allowed to participate in the upcoming skating competition.

Other countries that have made similar statements include the Olympic Organizing Committee, the International Volleyball Federation, the International Football Federation, the International Table Tennis Federation, the International Basketball Federation and the International Swimming Federation. In addition, the International Taekwondo Federation and the International Judo Federation also decided to revoke the black belt title and honorary title of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. ?

In Germany, Munich Philharmonic's Russian commander-in-chief valery gergiev was fired; At the same time, Russia is prohibited from participating in major international events such as the Venice Biennale and the European Singing Contest. The Zurich Opera House issued a document saying that it had terminated the contract with the Russian soprano. ?

After the military conflict broke out between Russia and Ukraine, a Universal Pictures spokesman said: "In response to the continuing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, Universal Pictures suspended its cinema screening plan in Russia." This is Universal Pictures' response after Warner Bros. and other major film companies decided to suspend the release of their films in Russia. According to the Global Times, Disney also canceled the film originally scheduled to be released in Russia. ?

European universities issued statements to expel Russian students from school. In Milan, Italy, Russian writers' books were boycotted and banned. Amazon said that it will close all physical bookstores in Russia and completely block the book retail channels with Russia. ?

8. Food, furniture and even cats

On Monday, the governor of Alabama asked the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee to remove all Russian wines from retail stores. Governors of New Hampshire, Utah, Ohio and other states issued similar executive orders last week, and many countries began to boycott vodka, even though some brands of vodka were not produced in Russia. ?

Nike, a sports shoe manufacturer, and IKEA, a household goods company, closed their stores in Russia on Thursday. Trade restrictions and supply restrictions have increased the political pressure for enterprises to terminate their business in Russia. ?

In addition, the International Cat Federation announced on its website that due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Russian cats will be banned from participating in international competitions until at least June. In addition, any cat raised in Russia cannot be imported, nor can it be registered in foreign genealogy. These restrictions will last until May 3rd1day. ?

In addition to cats, Russian trees have also been sanctioned. According to the Global Times, on February 28th, local time, the organizer of the "European Tree of the Year" announced in official website that Russia was forbidden to participate in the "European Tree of the Year" selection. ?

In addition, Russian coffee has also become the target of "sanctions" by western countries and civil society. According to overseas reports, the Fine Coffee Association (SCA) recently issued a statement saying that it will suspend Russia's participation in the World Coffee Competition.

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