Japan sanctions 57 figures and 6 Russian companies.
Russian media reported that Japan imposed sanctions on 57 individuals and 6 Russian institutions and companies under the pretext of the Ukraine war, including the Russian deputy prime minister and two Kherson region officials.
Under the pretext of the current situation in Ukraine, the Japanese authorities extended sanctions against Russian and Belarusian personalities and imposed sanctions against the exports of these two countries.
The Russian news agency “Tass” reported in this regard, the Japanese government announced in a statement today (Tuesday) that it has imposed sanctions against the exports of 90 companies to Russia and will freeze the assets of 57 individuals and 6 Russian companies.
According to this report, among the people who have been included in Japan’s sanctions list are Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko, violinist Sergei Roldugin, Deputy Head of the Civil-Military Department of Kherson Region Kirill Stromusov, and the family of Alexei Mordashov. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sorestal and Powermachine pointed out. On the other hand, 45 Russian military forces were also blacklisted by Japan.
Japan had previously imposed several sanctions packages against Russia, targeting more than 800 people from Russia, Belarus, Donetsk and Luhansk, and blacklisting more than 200 Russian and Belarusian companies and organizations. The list of prohibited items and technologies for export to Russia includes more than 300 items and goods.
On the other hand, at the same time as Russia fully dominates Luhansk province in eastern Ukraine and this country’s promise to send ballistic missiles to Belarus to confront the West, London announced that it decided to increase sanctions against Moscow and Minsk.
The British government announced on Tuesday that it would impose new economic, trade and transport sanctions on Belarus over its support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as six Russians it says are spreading disinformation.
According to the Reuters news agency, the sanctions package against Belarus includes a ban on the import and export of goods worth about 60 million pounds, including the export of oil refining goods, high-tech components and luxury goods, and the import of iron and steel from Belarus.
