The main aim of the present paper is to analyze the existing special economic and other measures introduced in the domestic legal system to ensure the effective functioning of various sectors of the fuel and energy complex of Russia through minimizing the risks of the negative impact of unilateral pressure measures taken by distinct states and their associations in relation to Russia and its physical and legal entities. In accordance with this goal, this paper pursues the end to solve the following tasks: (1) to reflect the legal basis for the introduction of special economic, coercive and other measures; (2) to characterize them, give examples and features of their use; (3) to reflect the consequences of circumvention and failure to take them. The methodological basis of the paper is dialectical, systemic and modeling method.