Personal sanctions
New sanctions against individuals, against State Duma deputies, were introduced. Among them are Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Irina Yarovaya, deputies of the lower house of the Russian parliament Vadim Shuvalov, Mikhail Sheremet, Vladislav Tretiak, Pyotr Tolstoy, Leonid Slutsky, Yaroslav Nilov, Vitaly Milonov, Anatoly Wasserman and Maria Butina.
The commanders of the Russian troops were also subject to restrictions. So, the list included the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Nikolai Evmenov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces Oleg Salyukov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force Sergei Dronov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Aviation Forces Sergei Dronov. Sergey Surovikin, Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District Rustam Muradov and the Commander of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District Alexei Avdeev Andrey Sychevoi.
The sanctions were also extended to Yekaterina Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova, who are listed as daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In addition to these, the wife and daughter of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Maria Lavrova and Ekaterina Vinokurova, were also included in the list.
All of them are prohibited from crossing the border with Japan and their presence in the country is frozen. The updated sanctions list consists of 499 names.
Companies and banks
According to the statement published on the website of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, restrictive measures are being taken against 28 organizations “in order to maintain international peace and security and to contribute to Japan’s international efforts to achieve international peace.”
Among the companies covered by the sanction were JSC NPK Tekhmash, MKB Vympel, Ryazan Design Bureau Globus, Arzamas Research and Production Enterprise Temp-Avia and Arsenyev Aviation Plant Progress named after NI Sazykin.
Also, the list of sanctions announced that the assets of Sberbank and Alfa-Bank will be frozen from May 12, and from May 12 new investments in the Russian Federation, which can only be made with special permission, will be banned.
Referring to the statement made by Koichi Hagiuda, head of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, RIA Novosti reported that from April 19, Japan will also ban imports of certain wood species, a number of machinery and alcohol from Russia.
“We will continue to cooperate with the international community, including the G7 countries (G7. – socialbites.ca) and aim to take appropriate measures,” the politician said.
550 people
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a new package of sanctions against Russia on April 8. As part of the new restrictions, it announced plans to freeze the assets of Sberbank and about 550 Russian individuals, Bloomberg reported. The country also aimed to impose a ban on new investments in the Russian Federation, the import of a number of products from there. Also, Japan would abandon Russian coal.
“As for additional measures to freeze assets, about 400 citizens of the Russian Federation will be added to the list, including deputies and persons related to the military, as well as about 20 organizations related to the military sphere,” said Kishida. Said. Press conference.
sanctions packages
In early March, Japan imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and a number of Russian leaders. The list included Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.
The restrictions also affected 49 Russian departments, banks and companies, in particular FSB, GRU, Sukhoi Company JSC, RAC MiG JSC, Rostec state companies, Central Bank of the Russian Federation, VEB, Promsvyazbank.
The sanctions include freezing the assets of individuals and banks, a ban on the “export of general goods”, which “contributes to the strengthening of the military potential of the Russian Federation.”
Subsequently, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the sanction decision was made by the country’s Cabinet “taking into account the current international situation around Ukraine and to assist Japan in international efforts to restore international peace in order to maintain international peace and security.” solve this problem.”
A few days later, the sanctions lists were replenished by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the deputy head of the presidential administration Dmitry Kozak and the head of Chechnya Sergey Kiriyenko, Russian businessmen Alisher Usmanov, Gennady Timchenko. , Arkady and Boris Rotenberg.