There are several reasons why the European Union is increasingly proactive in applying economic sanctions. First, the EU has emerged as one of the largest global economies with vast technological, industrial, and human resources.

President Vladimir Putin has signed federal law "On Measures (Countermeasures) Against Unfriendly Actions of the United States of America and Other Foreign Countries. "The State Duma is also discussing sanctions-related amendments to the Criminal Code.

Использование санкций — одно из важных направлений внешней политики Евросоюза. Под санкциями понимаются односторонние ограничительные меры в отношении отдельных государств, физических лиц или организаций с целью решения тех или иных внешнеполитических задач.

" Authorities are undertaking an intense and widespread crackdown on pro-democracy voices and expressions of dissent, and there is also widespread self-censorship.... The city's chief executive, Carrie Lam, citied the coronavirus pandemic as the reason to invoke emergency powers.... But charging Samuel Chu, an American citizen living in the U.S., even though, of course, he will never be tried is a bigger deal," said Walter Lohman, director of The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center....