Western sanctions target Russia
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The U.S. and allies have imposed heavy sanctions on all 10 of Russia’s
largest financial institutions, as well as export control measures that will more than halve Russia’s high-tech imports
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Rouble: Russian currency plunges to record low against U.S. dollar.
Russia’s stock market tumbles to lowest level in four and a half years.
Moex index falls by 33%
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Roubles to $1
85
80
75
70
Jan Feb

Feb 25: 85.10 
Jan 3: 74.10
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Russia’s banks: Sberbank and 25 subsidiaries barred from transactions in U.S. dollars.
Russia’s largest bank holds around one-third of Russia’s banking sector assets. Sberbank’s value on London Stock Exchange plummets 72%

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New debt: Ban on raising money on U.S. markets by 13 Russian state-owned financial enterprises including Sberbank, AlfaBank, Credit Bank of Moscow, Gazprombank
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VTB Bank: Assets of Russia’ s second-biggest lender, VTB, as well as
Bank Otkritie, Sovcombank OJSC and Novikombank, frozen in U.S. Five banks and financial institutions targeted by U.S. hold total of
$1 trillion in assets
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Oligarchs: Sanctions on Russian elites and family members “who have enriched themselves at expense of Russian state”
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Exports: Russia’s military, aviation and maritime sectors blocked from buying items produced by foreign nations using U.S.-origin software, semiconductors, encryption security, lasers, sensors, navigation, avionics or maritime technologies
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Sources: Bloomberg, Financial Times, Reuters © GRAPHIC NEWS