the entente great britain france italy usa japan completely stopped economic relations with our countryto keep such sanctions as they would say today and many other countries. the first barrga sanctions against the young soviet state were announced as early as 1917 , when the entente countries that took part in the war against the soviet e. the republics announced an embargo on gold for export for sale for trade in resources and products of the soviet union there was a fairly large list, maybe no less, and maybe even more than this list, which is now and these sanctions were in effect until february 1920, the reason for the imposition of sanctions was the conclusion of a separate peace with germany, recall that germany lost the first world war and was then also under