Persons & entities under sanctions by reason Russia 2021

Western sanctions imposed on Russia due to the violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity and the annexation of Crimea targeted the highest number of persons and entities in the country, including economic, diplomatic, and individual measures, such as asset freezes and entry restrictions. As of October 2021, over 800 individuals and legal entities were included in sanction lists of the EU and the United States for that reason.

Number of private persons and legal entities included in sanction lists of the European Union and the United States on Russia as of October 11, 2021, by reason

Characteristic	Private persons	Legal entities
Annexation of Crimea and events in Eastern Ukraine*	317	490
Cyber attacks against the United States and the EU*	52	28
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA)*	32	43
Death of Sergei Magnitsky, corruption, and human rights violation*	64	7
U.S. election interference	20	11
Sale of goods or arms to North Korea, Iran, and Syria	6	16
Use of chemical weapons**	19	11
Support toward the Syrian government	12	6
U.S. Executive Order on Blocking Property with Respect to Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation	2	7
Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act (PEESA)	-	7
Support toward the Venezuelan government	-	4
Arms supply to Libya	1	-

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October 2021

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Russia

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As of October 11, 2021

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* The source specified that the names of individuals and entities can be duplicated, or included in several lists at the same time. For instance, some of those sanctioned for cyber attacks against the United States were also included in the CAATSA sanction list.

** Includes the EU sanctions on suspects in poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal imposed in 2019 and the EU and U.S. sanctions in relation to Alexei Navalny's poisoning imposed in 2020 and 2021.

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