The sanctions currently imposed on Russia by western countries include financial sector, science and technology sector, online media, trade sector, energy sector, transportation sector, cultural and sports 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 did not include banks that handle energy payments. This is a sanction imposed by the EU on Russia because of the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The European Union said in its official journal that banks such as VTB and VEB, Russia's second largest banks, will be given ten days to phase out 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 of Russia's largest banks, while both Google Pay and Apple Pay 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 6th local time. In addition, many banks such as Swiss Bank and NFT have frozen or blocked the account balance of Russian users. ?

The London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange have all removed the shares of Russian companies. According to surging reports, morgan stanley capital international and FTSE, the world MSCI two largest index companies, have also announced recently that they will remove Russian stocks from all indexes. ?

in addition, Cexlo, a cryptocurrency website, is forbidden for 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. Science and technology?

It is reported that AMD and Intel both 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 against Russia.

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

The space cooperation between the Russian Space Agency and NASA may come to an end. rogozin, director of the Russian Space Agency, said: "The Russian Space Agency will reconsider its priorities and focus on achieving complete independence in space instruments." ?

3. online media?

It is reported that the British authorities have repeatedly tried to revoke the media license of today's Russian TV branch in Britain, 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 information release of Russian media. ?

4. Trade field

German carmaker BMW said on Tuesday 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 supply bottlenecks. Previously, Audi had issued a similar statement. ?

In addition, Daimler, Volvo, Ford, Hyundai, General Motors, Volkswagen, Mitsubishi and other automobile manufacturers have indicated that they will suspend their automobile manufacturing in Russia or their automobile export business to Russia. Ford Motor Company also announced that it would suspend its joint venture in Russia. ?

Apple said that 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 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 technical support, services and the supply of parts and components to Aeroflot." ?

5. Energy field

BP decided to sell its shares in Rosneft under the condition of huge losses, 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 Sakhalin oil and gas joint venture in Russia and is taking measures to withdraw from the project. ?

6. Transportation

Europe, Canada and the United States indicated 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, mediterranean shipping company (MSC) and Maersk Shipping Group, the world's two largest container shipping groups, both announced that they would suspend their freight orders to and from Russia. ?

on March 3, local time, Sabre group, the largest supplier of global distribution system for air reservation in the United States, said that it would terminate its global distribution agreement with Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, 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. In the field of sports and culture education

Since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, several international sports committees and organizations have issued statements saying that Russia is prohibited from participating in the competition. According to the Associated Press, the International Skating Federation made the decision that no Russian or Belarusian athlete should 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, Valery Gergiev, the Russian chief conductor in Munich Philharmonic, 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 spokesman for Universal Pictures said: "In order to cope with the continuing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, Universal Pictures suspended its cinema release plan in Russia." This is the response of Universal Pictures 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 a statement that they expelled Russian students. 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 in the United States asked the state alcoholic beverage control committee to remove all Russian wines from retail stores. The 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 product company, closed their stores in Russia on Thursday, local time. Trade restrictions and supply restrictions 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 at least until June. Besides, any cats raised in Russia can't be imported or registered in foreign genealogy books. These restrictions will last until May 31st. ?

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

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

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