If the interest you paid on your mortgage is larger than your standard tax deduction, you definitely benefit by itemizing -- and all the rest of your deductible expenses (including real estate taxes, state and local income taxes, and charitable donations) are frosting on the cake.
Sanctions were approved by the United States, the European Union (EU) and other countries and international organisations. Russia has responded with sanctions against a number of countries, including a total ban on food imports from the EU, United States, Norway, Canada and Australia.
International consensus for multilateral sanctions is difficult to come by. That is one of the reasons why China and Russia's approval of UN Security Council Resolutions 1737 and 1747 (and, more recently, the FATF announcement) were so powerful.