As part of the sanctions imposed during the Ukrainian crisis, the party was placed on US sanctions lists on 19 December 2014. The Treasury Department stated that the party, which had been "created to unite all supporters for the establishment of an independent federal state of Novorossiya and to withdraw all southeastern lands in Ukraine from the authority of Kyiv", was "designated because it has engaged in actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine".[21]