Energy Sanctions Dashboard

This dashboard focuses on US sanctions and restrictive measures placed on crude oil from Russia, Iran, and Venezuela—including the unintended consequences and the lessons learned.

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Apr 17, 2025

Russia Sanctions Database

By Kimberly Donovan, Maia Nikoladze, Lize de Kruijf

The Atlantic Council’s Russia Sanctions Database tracks the level of coordination among Western allies in sanctioning Russian entities, individuals, vessels, and aircraft, and shows where gaps still remain.

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At the intersection of economics, finance, and foreign policy, the GeoEconomics Center is a translation hub with the goal of helping shape a better global economic future.

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In the News

Mar 3, 2022

Zarazinski in The Washington Post: Crypto industry says it is complying with Russian sanctions, as some policymakers ring alarms

Digital Currencies
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

In the News

Mar 3, 2022

Lipsky quoted in CNN Business on the uncertainty business face as a result of sanctions imposed on Russia

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Economy & Business
Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Mar 3, 2022

Our research on the location of Russian central bank’s foreign exchange reserves featured in Axios

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Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Mar 3, 2022

Chemali quoted in Washington Post on Russian reserves held abroad

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Economy & Business
Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Mar 2, 2022

Lichfield quoted in CNN Business on Russia’s import substitution policies following western sanctions in 2014

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Economy & Business
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

BelarusAlert

Mar 2, 2022

Putin’s Ukraine War fuels protest mood in Russia and Belarus

By Brian Whitmore

Russian President Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has sparked the biggest European conflict since WWII and is now fueling a growing anti-war protest mood in both Russia and Belarus.

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In the News

Mar 2, 2022

Slavin quoted in the Daily Mail on Biden’s nuclear negotiations with Iran

By Atlantic Council

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New Atlanticist

Mar 2, 2022

Here’s why crypto won’t save the Kremlin from sanctions

By JP Schnapper-Casteras

Moscow turning to cryptocurrency to evade financial punishment is more illusory than it might appear.

Digital Currencies
Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 2, 2022

Burrows and Preble in Responsible Statecraft: Do we really want another Cold War?

By Atlantic Council

On March 2, Mathew Burrows and Christopher Preble published an article in Responsible Statecraft on how to avoid a repeat of the Cold War with Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. “Over time, anger and resentment toward Moscow will give way to something else. The impulse to cut Russia out of the international system is […]

Eastern Europe
Economy & Business

In the News

Mar 2, 2022

Ashford in the Christian Science Monitor: A new Iron Curtain? How Russia’s invasion will reshape the world

By Atlantic Council

On March 2, Emma Ashford was quoted in the Christian Science Monitor on how the Russian economy might adapt to Western sanctions. “How deep the new economic division goes may be contingent on the outcome of the Ukraine invasion. The Russian people might find it difficult to accept a deep plunge in their standard of […]

Eastern Europe
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