Total Sanctions in the Context of “Integrated Deterrence”: Western Countries’ Response to Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine (2022)
Journal: Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Year: 2022

The sanctions introduced by the United States and other Western countries after the beginning of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine were intended, along with the military assistance to Ukraine, as the major instrument in countering Russia’s actions. These measures were aimed not only against the Russian state and its military potential and encompassed not only targeted individual and sectoral sanctions, but affected the population at large. The article covers the period from February