Japan imposes sanctions against Akhmat Kadyrov's foundation and Artek

The Japanese authorities have imposed sanctions against 47 Russian and three Belarusian companies and organizations, a number of individuals from among officials and their relatives, as well as military personnel. The sanctions list was published by the Japanese Foreign Ministry on its website.

The restrictions include the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation, the Artek children's camp, and the Movement of the First organization (a direct translation of the name of the all-Russian children's and youth movement, the Movement of the First). Sanctions have also been announced against a number of defense enterprises, including the Imperial Tula Arms Plant, the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant, which produces various armored personnel carriers, and the Special Design Bureau for Transport Engineering, which creates equipment for both defense and civilian purposes. In addition, the Ural Automobile Plant was sanctioned.

The restrictions also affected former State Duma deputy from United RUSSIA Nikolai Bortsov, Boris Rotenberg's wife Karina Rotenberg, and lieutenant colonels of the 64th separate motorized rifle brigade Andrei Ermishko and Alexei Bolshakov.

The lists also included those whom Japan considered guilty of "annexation" and "destabilization of the situation in eastern Ukraine." The list includes the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Kherson region Alla Barkhatnova, the Minister of Education and Science of the LPR Ivan Kusov, the Minister of Education, Science and Youth of Crimea Valentina Lavrik, the Ombudsman of the LPR Inna Shvenk and the DIRECTOR of the organization for disabled children "Dolphins" Olga Volkova.

In January 2025, Japan also expanded sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine .

The restrictions affected 11 people, 29 organizations, and three banks. EXPORT restrictions were also introduced for 22 Russian and a number of foreign companies, and 335 types of goods were banned from being supplied to Russia. The list then excluded Yevgeny Prigozhin's mother and two Russian soldiers who had died earlier, including Prigozhin himself.

Russian authorities call the sanctions illegal and demand that they be lifted.

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