Suggested sanctions on Russia due to the war in Ukraine 2022

As of February 2022, 24 percent of people in the surveyed countries believed that the best way for the world to react to the Russia-Ukraine war was to ban trade with Russia. Approximately seven percent believed that Russia should be denied access to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), a single standardized communication system between banks which allows for quick transactions around the world. Further seven percent supported economic sanctions on the country.

How do you think the world should react to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Ban trade	23.9%
Remove access to SWIFT	7%
Economic sanctions	6.8%
Block banking	5.3%
Freeze assets	5.1%
Cultural isolation	3.2%
Entry ban / restrictions	2.6%
Political isolation	1.9%
No military support	1.2%
Financial sanctions	0.9%
Ban Russian flights	0.8%
Freeze bank accounts	0.5%
All sanctions possible	0.5%
I do not know	7.4%

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Release date

March 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

February 25-26, 2022

Number of respondents

10,204 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

The following countries participated in the survey: Poland, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Hungary, United States, Romania, and France.
The survey has specified that the respondents were a population representative of the respective country in terms of age, gender, and place of residence.
Only the leading answers were presented.

The percentage shares have been calculated manually by dividing the number of respondents submitting each answer to the total number of survey respondents, which were provided by the source.

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