Russia has become the most sanctioned country in the world eclipsing Iran, Syria and North Korea, after it invaded Ukraine nearly three weeks ago. It is now subject to a devastating 5000 different sanctions, according to data from global watchlist database Castellum. AI, with 2778 imposed after February 22. The sanctions include an unexpected move by the US to freeze the assets of the Russian central bank in Western jurisdictions but also the crippling option of cutting off most Russian banks access to the SWIFT system, which processes trillions of dollars’ worth of transactions every day. Washington also blocked the ... (full story)