The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan announced the imposition of sanctions against the leadership of Russia and the country’s companies due to Russia’s special operation in the Donbass, this is stated in a document posted on the website of the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
The sanctions included Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Japan also imposes sanctions on 49 departments, banks and companies, including the Federal Security Service, the Foreign Intelligence Service, Sukhoi Company JSC, RAC MiG JSC, Rostec and VEB state corporations, the Bank of Russia, Promsvyazbank “. The country’s authorities will freeze the assets of individuals and banks and prohibit the export of general-purpose goods that “contribute to strengthening the military potential of the Russian Federation,” Interfax writes.
The Japanese Foreign Ministry explained that the country’s government decided to impose anti-Russian sanctions “taking into account the current international situation around Ukraine and in order to maintain international peace and security, assist Japan in international efforts to ensure international peace aimed at solving this problem.”
Earlier, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the country would impose sanctions on the Central Bank of Russia, several companies and citizens of Belarus, including President Alexander Lukashenko, and join Western countries in disconnecting Russian banks from the SWIFT international financial system.
Earlier, the European Union and Great Britain announced the introduction of personal sanctions against Putin and Lavrov. In addition to the Russian president and foreign minister, the list of US personal sanctions also includes Shoigu and Gerasimov.