What sanctions has the world imposed on Russia since the beginning of the war and what is Ukraine doing

Currently, the total number of Russians under sanctions is almost 1,500 and more than 650 companies. Ukrainians hope that this number will only increase.

Since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the introduction of sanctions against Russia has become one of the most important areas of struggle, along with work on accelerating the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukrainian forces and attracting international funds.
Which countries have approved the most sanctions packages against the aggressor country, what and to whom the restrictions apply and what efforts Ukraine is making to expand anti-Russian sanctions.

Sanctions of the countries of the world

Since the beginning of the attack on Ukraine, Russia has become the country with the most sanctions in the world. The United States, Great Britain, Japan, Canada and the countries of the European Union are leading the way in applying restrictions against the world's biggest aggressor.The most common types of restrictions are sanctions against individuals and companies, restrictions on the import of Russian goods, a ban on flying Russian planes over the country's territory, and a ban on propaganda media.. 
As for sanctions against certain individuals and legal entities, according to YouControl analysts, from February 24 to the end of June 2022, the total number of Russians under sanctions is almost 1,500 people and more than 650 companies.

What sanctions has been introduced by Ukraine

As of February 24, the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine approved and the president signed five packages of sanctions against 298 Russian citizens, five legal entities (including two banks) and 236 educational institutions.

At the end of May, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and all the ministers of the Russian government were sanctioned - a total of 35 people.
Officials are prohibited from obtaining visas to enter Ukraine, flights and transportation through its territory. In addition, sanctioned civil servants are prohibited from taking money out of Ukraine, using property registered in Ukraine, participating in privatization, buying land plots and obtaining permits for the use of underground land, as well as using radio frequency resources.
If these people have debts in Ukraine, their payments are suspended. These and other restrictions against Russian politicians will remain in place indefinitely.
Among other things, on March 14, the Russian union of rectors published a statement supporting the war in Ukraine. In particular, it states that it is necessary to support Russia and the Russian army, which allegedly "maintains security". This statement was signed by 261 heads of higher education institutions of the Russian Federation, which eventually came under sanctions for an indefinite period (more than one person signed the statement from some higher education institutions).
They are specifically prohibited from entering Ukraine, using property on its territory, withdrawing money and receiving debt payments. They are also prohibited from transferring technologies and intellectual property rights. In addition, they were stripped of all state awards of Ukraine.
Together with their leaders, 236 Russian higher education institutions are under sanctions for an indefinite period. Cultural exchange, scientific cooperation, educational and sports programs etc. have been suspended with them.
Volodymyr Yevtushenkov, one of Russia's richest oligarchs, was also placed under unlimited sanctions. In the Russian Federation, he owns 64 percent of the shares of the financial corporation (AFK) Sistema (which is also under sanctions for an indefinite period). She is the owner of one of the world's largest defense companies, RTI Systems, which produces radio equipment and control systems for the Russian army.
In addition, the NSDC imposed unlimited sanctions on the joint-stock company Kronštat Grupa, which, among other things, is involved in the production of drones, geo-information systems and aviation equipment, as well as on the private company Information and Control Technologies and Systems (ITIS). Sanctions include blocking assets, banning their transfer outside Ukraine, limiting trade operations, suspending debt payments to these companies, and revoking licenses.
The sanctions continue indefinitely until the NSDC decides to remove them. At the same time, the conditions for exemption from sanctions are detailed in the special roadmap of the International Working Group on the issue of sanctions against Russia.
For three years, the NSDC imposed sanctions against Aleksi Likhachev, the head of the state corporation Rosatom, which unites all Russian nuclear companies and the nuclear weapons complex.
Similarly, over a period of three years, the National Security Council added two Russian banks to the sanctions list — the International Reserve Bank (MR Bank) and Dom.rf Bank to reduce Russia's influence on the Ukrainian financial system and prevent capital outflows.

How the process of formation of sanctions works in Ukraine

According to the Law of Ukraine "On Sanctions", the Parliament of Ukraine Verkhovna Rada, the President, the Government, the National Bank of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine can submit proposals for the application of sanctions for consideration by the NSDC.
Specifically, as of February 24, 2022, the Government has prepared proposals for nine packages of sanctions. These proposals included Russian government officials and rectors of higher education institutions, as well as singers, actors, propaganda media workers and archaeologists involved in illegal excavations in temporarily occupied Crimea — a total of 466 people and 258 institutions.
NSDC supported three of these nine sanction packages.

Nine packages of government sanctions

no. 193 of 01.03.2022. (proposals for imposing sanctions on Vladimir Putin and 34 officials of the Russian government. A total of 35 persons - pronounced)
215 of 03/09/2022. (30 media persons and 15 propaganda media resources)
236 of March 20, 2022. (261 heads of higher education institutions + 235 universities - above)

243 of 25 March 2022 (media workers, singers, actors - a total of 46 people + two TV channels)
no. 248 of March 27, 2022 (ITIS company - superior)
404 of May 20, 2022 (extension of sanctions up to five years)
No. 513 of June 21, 2022 (three companies)
535 of June 24, 2022 (35 companies that illegally supplied television equipment to the temporarily occupied Crimea)
No. 549 from 01.07.2022 (61 black archaeologists)
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada has prepared proposals for three packages of sanctions. Among them were 176 cryptocurrency exchangers cooperating with Russian banks, six Russian oligarchs and four figures of the Russian Orthodox Church (RPC), especially Moscow Patriarch Kirill Gundyaev.
So far, only the resolution proposing sanctions against RSP officials has been approved and signed, while the other two are under consideration by the Committee for National Security, Defense and Intelligence of the Supreme Rada.

Three packages of sanctions of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

1. Resolution no. 7521 of July 5, 2022 (proposal of sanctions against 176 crypto-exchanges cooperating with Russian banks).
2. Resolution No. 7372 of May 12, 2022 (proposed sanctions against six oligarchs).
3. Resolution no. 7332 of April 29, 2022 (proposed sanctions against four figures of the Russian Orthodox Church).
The names of candidates for international sanctions lists are also collected by the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP). By the beginning of July 2022, the agency had already prepared 18 lists with 17,284 individuals and 3,860 companies. Then NAZK submits these lists to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Prosecutor's Office.
They are working on implementing sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus in other formats. At the end of March, the International Working Group for Sanctions against Russia (the so-called Yermak-McFaul Group) was formed. It includes about 50 Ukrainian and international independent experts who develop proposals for sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus.
On April 20, 2022, the group presented an action plan for the governments of Ukraine and countries around the world to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation.

Among other things, the following measures are foreseen:

- expansion of oil and gas sanctions, especially the embargo on Russian oil;
- blocking of state shipping companies and insurance of Russian and Belarusian ships and cargo;
- the introduction of financial sanctions, in particular, the isolation of Russian financial institutions, the reduction of Russian assets in the jurisdictions of the USA, the EU and other friendly countries, the freezing of all reserves of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation abroad, etc.;
- declaring the Russian Federation a state sponsor of terrorism;
- strengthening of individual sanctions — their introduction against all top officials and members of their families, heads of state enterprises, owners of propaganda media, members of supervisory boards, etc.;
- extension of control measures and import bans;
- obstruction of trade and investment in Russia.
According to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Jermak, as of July 7, Ukraine and the governments of various countries have implemented 55 percent of the measures listed in the plan. In addition, the working group created road maps of energy, individual and financial sanctions against the Russian Federation.

What's next

Although the sanctions imposed by the world against the occupying country have not yet achieved their main goal — ending Russia's war in Ukraine — they significantly reduce the ability of the Russian Federation to finance hostilities and supply its troops with weapons.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russian defense companies can no longer find components for planes, and the West's freezing of almost 60 percent ($350 billion) of the Russian Federation's gold and foreign exchange reserves led to its effectively defaulting on foreign debt at the end of June.
The "punishment" of the sanctions did not escape Russian consumers either: due to the exit of foreign companies, there is a shortage of household appliances and even paper.
However, as long as the war continues and Ukrainians are dying from Russian weapons, the pressure of sanctions must increase.
The most awaited sanctions by world leaders are the continuation of the isolation of the Russian financial system, especially through the exclusion of all Russian banks from SWIFT, as well as the move towards the complete rejection of Russian energy sources.
The Ukrainian authorities should accelerate the introduction of sanctions against Russian citizens involved in the war, supporters of the invasion regime in Ukraine, as well as against their property.
For example, the richest Russian oligarchs, representatives of the State Duma who recognized the "independence" of terrorist organizations "L/DPR" and Ukrainian sycophants of the Russian Federation, such as the former deputy of the OPZZH Ilya Kiva, the Kherson collaborator-provocateur Kirilo Stremousov, who was appointed by the occupiers, he has not yet received the deserved punishment in Ukraine, the "head of the Kherson region" Volodymyr Saldo and many other less visible but no less dangerous accomplices of the enemy.