New Zealand imposed sanctions against the Central Bank and 16 Russian banks

The Central Bank and 17 other Russian banks fell under the restrictions. Earlier, New Zealand imposed sanctions against the top leadership of Russia.

New Zealand authorities have imposed sanctions on 18 Russian banks and financial institutions because of the situation around Ukraine, according to the website of the country's government.

“New Zealand is imposing sanctions on 18 financial institutions, including the Russian Central Bank, RDIF, as well as the country's largest financial institutions, which account for about 80% of all banking assets in Russia,” New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaya Mahuta said on the website.

In addition to the Central Bank, New Zealand sanctioned Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, VEB, Alfa-Bank, Rosselkhozbank, Rossiya Bank, Otkritie Bank, MKB, Sovcombank, SMP Bank, Black Sea Bank for Development and Reconstruction, Genbank, Industrial Savings Bank, Novikombank , Russian National Commercial Bank, and the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

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Since the end of February, New Zealand has announced a number of restrictions on Russia. In mid-March, it imposed sanctions on the Russian leadership, including against President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and others. The restrictions include asset freezes and entry bans.

Also, New Zealand separately banned the entry of more than 360 Russians. Among them are the chairman of the board of Sberbank German Gref, businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, Boris and Igor Rotenberg, the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, chairman of VEB.RF Igor Shuvalov, editor-in-chief of RT Margarita Simonyan, TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, Foreign Ministry representative Maria Zakharova, press secretary of the president Dmitry Peskov.

Sanctions were also imposed against Russian imports. In early April, New Zealand imposed a 35% tariff on it, and also restricted the export of "products closely related to Russia's strategic industries."

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In the Russian Foreign Ministry, speaking about personal sanctions against Putin and Lavrov, they said that the president and the minister did not have accounts anywhere abroad. New Zealand, after the sanctions, was accused in the department of following the “Russophobic course” initiated by the “collective West”. In retaliation, Moscow banned the entry of 130 New Zealanders, including Governor General Cynthia Kiro, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, her deputy Grant Robertson, Mahutha, Defense Minister Pini Henare and others.

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