Japan will introduce additional sanctions against Russia in connection with its war against Ukraine, which include freezing the assets of about a hundred individuals and legal entities and export restrictions.
This is reported by Reuters.
The chief representative of the Japanese government, Hirokazu Matsuno, said that Tokyo is preparing new sanctions against Russia after the meeting of the Group of Seven, which Japan hosted last week and at which the allies agreed to increase pressure on sanctions against the Russian Federation in connection with its aggressive war against Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan announced the details of the sanctions: it is about freezing the assets of 78 groups and 17 individuals, including the Russian military, as well as banning the export of 80 Russian companies, which include research centers that work for the needs of the military industry.
In addition, Japan will prohibit the provision of engineering and construction services to Russia. More details about the sanctions will be announced later.
Hirokazu Matsuno also condemned the placement of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus, as the country's self-proclaimed president Oleksandr Lukashenko said on Thursday.
"As the only country that suffered atomic attacks during the war, Japan will never consider Russian threats with nuclear weapons acceptable, let alone their use," the speaker emphasized.
It will be recalled that on Thursday the defense ministers of Russia and Belarus signed documents on the placement of tactical nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory. According to the self-proclaimed Belarusian dictator Oleksandr Lukashenka, Russian nuclear weapons have already begun to transfer to Belarus.
The USA stated that it does not change its assessment of the Russian nuclear threat after its agreements with Belarus.
