Russia has become the new anti-leader in terms of the number of global sanctions imposed against it - 5,530. According to this indicator, Moscow even surpassed countries such as Iran or North Korea, writes Bloomberg, citing data from the Castellum global sanctions tracking database.. ai.

Since February 22 (two days before the attack on Ukraine), the United States and allies have imposed 2,778 new sanctions on Ukraine, most of them against specific individuals - 2,427, the remaining 343 - against legal entities, which are usually companies or government agencies.

Switzerland imposed the most sanctions against Russia - 568.

Co-founder of Castellum. ai Peter Pyatec compared the current events to a financial nuclear war - the biggest sanctions event in history, and Russia "

Iran, with its 3,616 sanctions, lost the championship to Russia. Restrictions against Tehran were imposed mainly for the nuclear program and support for terrorism.

Syria, North Korea, Venezuela, Myanmar and Cuba are behind Russia and Iran on the "