Thread by @dkaleniuk

NATO members, EU, Switzerland and other Western countries promised severe sanctions on Russia in case of full scale war. Some steps were already taken, but there is lots of more what could be done to isolate Russia financially and target Putin wallets on the West👇

Expand SWIFT blocking and SDN designation to all banking system; Full ban by Visa and Mastercard; FATF should blacklist both Russia and Belarus; De-listing of all Russian securities from global stock exchanges

Removal from all investor indices, disconnecting Russia from global securities and FX clearing and depositories
Blanket ban for US and EU pension systems to hold Russian assets
Blanket ban for any Russian entity to raise funds abroad.

2. Expand all existing sanctions on Russian officials and oligarchs to their families. Send children and wives of sanctioned Russians from EU and US back home. All existing assets should be confiscated. These oligarchs are war criminals & finance terrorism

3. Property confiscation for all sanctioned Russians in EU and US. This should extend to cryptocurrency wallets, including ‘crypto vaults’ in Switzerland.

4. Current sanctions list to be expanded to all Duma members (including future elected members), senior government officials and top-100 oligarchs. What we have now is just a joke comparing to devastating damage terroRussia is doing now in Ukraine

4. G7 should put pressure on UAE and other global financial hubs to ensure worldwide compliance with sanctions regime.

5. No global financial services for Russian and Belarus citizens: existing accounts to be closed and no new accounts opened in banks, brokerages, electronic money institutions. Ban on acquisition of assets including real estate. All existing assets should be frozen.

6. No travel & education for Russian and Belarus citizens except opposition politicians and activists running from the regime: travel and visa ban for all passport holders, cancel all student visas and request to leave. Cash limits for Russians returning to Russia to 2000 USD.

7. No loopholes via ‘golden passports’: ban future golden passports, withdraw existing ones for sanctioned people and their families. Revoke EU passports for Kremlin oligarchs and their family members who are not sanctioned and then sanction them

8. No international trade for Russia and Belarus: embargo on oil and gas, military exports, general ban on exports from West to Russia (chemical products, agriculture seed stock, food and beverages, pharma, apparel, electronics, spare parts, machine-building, cars and cosmetics).

9. Block all technology transfers to Russia: stop Western exports of technological equipment (computers, servers, semiconductors, consumer devices), expand this to Western software (no new installations and updates, existing licenses to be pulled)

...and cloud services (to be ceased immediately). All services such as Google Playmarket, Apple Store, Google Maps, Amazon Web Services should be subject to this rule and no longer available in Russia.

10. Block Rus/Bel media channels and propaganda-oriented bloggers from access to Youtube and other streaming platforms. Global satellites should be banned from airing RT.

11. Block maritime, railway and airport logistics for Rus and Russian owned vessels: no entry, no port service, no refueling.

12. Sanctions should be expanded to all state owned enterprises in Russia aiding their military effort: Gazprom, Rosneft, Roscosmos, RZhD, Rosatom. All joint projects with EU/US should be frozen. All assets in the West should be frozen.

13. Limit provision of auxiliary services which enable large Russian industries:
- Provision of insurance and reinsurance for risks, freights and vessels
- Auditing by ‘Big Four’ companies...

...G7 should put pressure on ‘tax haven’ countries from opening accounts and registering new companies for Russian beneficiaries.
Use of bearer shares by Russians should be blocked in EU and Switzerland

14. Freeze Russia and Belarus SDRs at IMF and use those for a new program for Ukraine. Focus on very widespread freeze of assets of Russia sovereign as well as state owned companies to help Ukraine get reparations from Russia in the future.

15. There should be international hunt for the assets and funds hidden in the West and secret jurisdiction by Russian government and oligarchs. Deployment of international special task force (of intelligence and financial experts) should be immediate - before they hide €$£¥.