Russia Sanctions Tracker

Please join the Human Rights Initiative for reflections from U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), the author of the Global Magnitsky Act. He will be followed by a panel examining the impact of the Global Magnitsky sanctions, opportunities to improve implementation, and how the sanctions fit within financial sector approaches to human rights and corruption. These sanctions enable targeted designations based on human rights abuse and corruption around the world, and have been imposed on officials and companies in a number of recent high profile situations, including Myanmar, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nicaragua.

On this election day 2018, Jeff sits down with Elizabeth Rosenberg, Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for New American Security (CNAS) for a sanctions-themed episode of Russian Roulette. They discuss the strategy and evolution of the Russia sanctions program, what effects sanctions have had on the economy and politics of Russia, the risks to the United States of over-relying on sanctions, and how Russia sanctions factor into U.S. domestic politics in 2018 and beyond.

With a new bill that expands sanctions on Russia circulating within Congress, Cyrus Newlin and Jeffrey Mankoff examine the record of existing U.S. sanctions against Russia—and risks associated with their overuse.

There are better ways to punish those who seek to unravel the fabric of democracy.

Heather A. Conley, senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic, and director of the Europe Program, testified before the before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs