Japan imposed sanctions against Russian diamonds and General Lapin

Japan confirmed the G7 decision to ban the import of Russian diamonds from the beginning of 2024 and introduced sanctions against 35 Russians, including Moskalkova and Colonel General Lapin, as well as against 57 Russian companies

Japan has expanded sanctions against Russia; the import of Russian diamonds has come under restrictions - it will be banned from January 1.

Japan's personal sanctions list includes 35 individuals. Among them: Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia Tatyana Moskalkova, Chief of the Main Staff of the Ground Forces Alexander Lapin, Children's Ombudsman of the Moscow Region Ksenia Mishonova, Deputy Minister of Defense Tatyana Shevtsova, Commander of the Central Military District Andrei Mordvichev and others.

In addition, according to the country's Foreign Ministry, Tokyo is introducing restrictions against 57 organizations from Russia, including:

Ural Civil Aviation Plant, Bryansk Automobile Plant, Central Research Institute "Burevestnik", Kazan Powder Plant, Central Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics, etc.

A separate list lists people whom Tokyo called involved in Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the “destabilization of Eastern Ukraine”; it included 16 people, including:

Sergei Dubinsky (Khmury) and Leonid Kharchenko (Mole), whom thecourt in The Hague found guilty of the crash of a Malaysian Boeing 777 in the skies over Donbass in 2014 (Russia denied accusations of involvement in the plane crash. The Ministry of Defense claims that the plane was shot down by a Buk belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces); senators from new regions Dmitry Vorona, Konstantin Basyuk, Daria Lantratova; Adviser to the head of the DPR on children's rights Eleonora Fedorenko; Donetsk Ombudsman for Human Rights Daria Morozova; Luhansk Ombudsman for Human Rights Victoria Serdyukova; Former mayor of Mariupol Oleg Morgun; GeneralDirector of the Central Museum of Tavrida Andrey Malgin; Director of the Mariupol Museum of Local Lore Natalya Kapustnikova; Director of the Kherson Regional Museum of Local Lore Tatyana Bratchenko; Director of the Kherson Regional Art Museum Natalya Desyatova.

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On restrictions on the Russian diamond industry of the G7 countries (G7: USA, Great Britain , Germany, Italy, Canada, France, Japan) were announced in early December. As of January 1, they banned the import of Russian non-industrial diamonds “mined, processed or produced in Russia.” And by March 1, 2024, aban will be introduced on the import of Russian diamonds processed in third countries.

Diamonds are one of the main points of the upcoming 12th package of EU sanctions.

The Kremlin warned of negative consequences for Western countries themselves if restrictions were introduced against Russian diamonds. “As a rule, it turns out that the boomerang effect is partially triggered and the interests of the Europeans themselves suffer,” says presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov. The Russian side has repeatedly called for the abolition of international restrictions.