Russia bans 384 Japanese MPs from entering Sanctions

became a response to the introduction in April of the Japanese sanctions list of almost the same number of State Duma deputies. The Japanese Foreign Ministry said

RUSSIA imposed sanctions against 384 members of the lower house of the Japanese Parliament and banned them from entering the country. This is stated in the message of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The Foreign Ministry clarifies that this measure was a response to the introduction in April 2022 by Japan of personal sanctions against a "large group" of State Duma deputies.

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“A decision was made to ban entry to Russia from July 14 to 384 members of the House of Representatives of the Japanese Parliament, who, having taken an unfriendly anti-Russian position, also make unfounded accusations against our country in the context of a special military operation in Ukraine,” the report says.

The House of Representatives of the Japanese Parliament consists of 480 deputies.

On April 12, the Japanese Foreign Ministry announced that more than 380 State Duma deputies had been added to the country's sanctions list. In total, on that day, 397 Russian citizens, 25 companies and two banks fell under sanctions in Japan, the restrictions are related to the situation around Ukraine and provide for the freezing of assets if they are found in Japanese jurisdiction.

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At the end of April, Russia imposed sanctions against 287 of the 650 members of the House of Commons of the British Parliament, this measure also became a mirror, since on March 11 the UK government added 386 State Duma deputies to the sanctions list. London imposed sanctions against Russian parliamentarians who voted for the ratification of friendship and cooperation agreements with the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.

The European Union imposed sanctions against deputies even earlier, on February 22, also for supporting the independence of the DNR and LNR.

The deputies themselves said that the sanctions would not affect their lives in any way, and did not see any harm in them for themselves.

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Since the end of February, many countries of the world have begun to introduce and repeatedly tighten sanctions against Russia. Almost all representatives of the Russian leadership, parliamentarians, businessmen, military, journalists, public figures, as well as companies, including industrial, transport and financial ones, fell under them.

Commenting on the constant tightening of restrictions, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the sanctions thoughtless and insane. He said that the speed with which they were introduced, and the number of restrictions that Russia faced, do not know precedents.