Japanese Foreign Ministry announces plans to expand export sanctions against Russia

Japan is going to expand EXPORT sanctions against Russian companies, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a G7 meeting in New York, Sputnik reports.

According to the agency, Russian companies that are associated with the military and defense sphere will fall under the new sanctions. No other details of the expansion of the restrictions are given.

The decision was made against the background of the decision to hold referendums on joining the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. Earlier, the European Union promised to introduce new sanctions against RUSSIA in the event of a referendum.

After the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, Japan imposed several packages of sanctions against Russia, which, among other things, affected individuals, companies, the banking sector, as well as exports and imports.

The country, in particular, banned the import of coal from Russia, cars, vodka, and certain types of wood. Tokyo also decided to ban the export to Russia of products that "help strengthen the industrial infrastructure": steel tanks, conveyors, dump trucks, bulldozers, looms and more.