PanARMENIAN.Net – Tokyo added to its sanctions record 57 organisations in Russia and 6 others in international locations together with the United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Syria and Uzbekistan, the commerce ministry stated in an announcement, in line with AFP.
With the additions, Japan has now imposed an export ban on 494 Russian organisations, 27 Belarusian entities and 6 extra in different international locations.
Russia was hit with a wave of sanctions after it despatched forces into Ukraine in February final yr, however calls have grown from Kyiv and its allies for more durable motion in opposition to Moscow.
Tokyo had already frozen property of Russian people and teams, and banned the export of products to Russia’s military-related organisations, in addition to the export of building and engineering companies.
The new sanctions will take impact on December 22 for newly added Russian organisations, and on December 27 for different entities.
At the Group of Seven summit in Japan in May, the bloc’s leaders agreed to “starve Russia of G7 technology, industrial equipment and services that support its war machine”.
The United States, Britain and the European Union have levied crushing sanctions in opposition to Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, in addition to dedicated billions of {dollars} in navy assist to Kyiv.
Source: PanArmenian.Net