Economic Blockade

Aggressors may impose financial and trade restrictions, block bank transfers, and halt the operation of the Indigenous people's enterprises. This technique is used for preparation for seizure and neutralization of defenses. The artificial strangulation of the economy deprives the colonized society of the resources needed for self-sufficiency and defense, provoking an internal crisis and weakening institutions before the start of an open intervention or in the course of an active conflict.

ID: T0108
Sub-techniques:  No sub-techniques
People: Ukrainians
Version: 1.0
Created: 21 April 2026
Last Modified: 21 April 2026

Procedure Examples

ID Name Description
S0009 Diplomacy

Direct energy blackmail and the cutting off of gas supplies (January 1, 2006 and January 1, 2009) in the middle of winter to exert pressure on the pro-Western Ukrainian government and blackmail European consumers[1].

C0097 Gas Wars and Energy Blackmail (2006–2009)

Direct energy blackmail and the cutting off of gas supplies (January 1, 2006 and January 1, 2009) in the middle of winter to exert pressure on the pro-Western Ukrainian government and blackmail European consumers[1].

S0010 Regular Army

Introduction of the "blackboard" regime — a total economic blockade of settlements, with a ban on cooperative and collective-farm trade and the removal of all goods from stores[1].

G0011 Russian Federation

Direct energy blackmail and the cutting off of gas supplies (January 1, 2006 and January 1, 2009) in the middle of winter to exert pressure on the pro-Western Ukrainian government and blackmail European consumers[1].

C0078 Terror by Famine: The Holodomor (1932–1933)

Introduction of the "blackboard" regime — a total economic blockade of settlements, with a ban on cooperative and collective-farm trade and the removal of all goods from stores[1].

G0010 USSR

Introduction of the "blackboard" regime — a total economic blockade of settlements, with a ban on cooperative and collective-farm trade and the removal of all goods from stores[1].

References

  1. Михаил Зыгарь. (2023). Война и наказание: Как Россия уничтожала Украину.