Japan will ban the export of medical equipment and robots to Russia from February 3

Japan has expanded sanctions against RUSSIA, banning the EXPORT of medical equipment, equipment for nuclear facilities, oil and gas exploration from February 3. Sanctions imposed against Dugin, Belousov, Pamfilova, Chernyshenko and the Kerimov family

Japan will ban the export of vaccines, medical equipment and robots to Russia from February 3. This was reported by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of the country.

In addition, the import into Russia of radioactive materials, equipment for nuclear facilities, oil and natural gas exploration will be prohibited.

According to the Foreign Ministry, Japan has also expanded the list of personal sanctions. The list included 22 individuals, including:

Maria Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of Russia; philosopher, political scientist and sociologist Alexander Dugin; Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Mikhail Mizintsev; First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Andrey Belousov; Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Chernyshenko; Lieutenant General of the Russian Armed Forces Sergey Ryzhkov; Suleiman Kerimov's relatives Nariman, Said, Amin, Gulnara Kerimov and his wife Firuza Kerimova; Murat Aliyev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bonum Capital LLC; Mikhail Pavlyuk, General DIRECTOR of JSC PKK "Milandr"; General Director and Chairman of the Board of OJSC KAMAZ Sergey Kogogin; Minister of Justice of Russia Konstantin Chuichenko; member of the Public Chamber of Russia Alexander Markovich; Chairman of the CEC of Russia Ella Pamfilova, her deputy Nikolai Bulaev and CEC member Nikolai Levichev; Andrey Guryev, former CEO and Chairman of the Board of OJSC PhosAgro; former Chairman of the Board of Sheremetyevo International Airport Alexander Ponomarenko; Andrey Melnichenko, former director of SUEK OJSC.

“In order to contribute to <...> international peace efforts <...> the Cabinet of Ministers approved such measures as an asset freeze against Russian officials,” the ministry said in a statement.

The Prime Minister of Japan announced the preservation of the course for a peace treaty with Russia Politics

Tokyo is also imposing sanctions against the Russian corporation Irkut, JSC Moscow Machine-Building Plant Avangard and PJSC KAMAZ.

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In a separate list, Japan included 14 more people associated with the DPR, LPR, Crimea, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Among them: Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Kherson Region Vladimir Bespalov, Deputy Prime Minister of the DPR Government Yevgeny Solntsev, HEAD of the State Administration of Kakhovka Pavel Filipchuk.

In total, export restrictions affect 49 Russian organizations, including:

Zvezdochka ship repair center; Moscow Aviation Institute; Tula arms factory; Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering; NRC "Institute named after N. E. Zhukovsky”; Central Institute of Aviation Motors named after P. I. Baranov; Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute and the enterprise "Aviaagregat".

The United States imposed new sanctions against Russian companies and officials Politics

The day before, the US Treasury announced sanctions against Russian legal entities and individuals. The restrictions apply to ship repair enterprises, as well as structures and persons associated with Wagner PMC and its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin.

So, among the persons and structures associated with PMC "Wagner" were named: Alexander Ivanov and Valery Zakharov and the organization Africa Politology.

Russia is the leader among the countries of the world in terms of the number of sanctions imposed against it. According to the Castellum.ai portal, which monitors restrictions, there are over 13,500 sanctions against Moscow.