Japan imposed sanctions against Zyuganov and Vekselberg

17 people fell under the restrictions, including the founder of Renova Vekselberg,Kovalchuk's relatives and State Duma deputies from the Communist Party Viktor Vekselberg

The Japanese Foreign Ministry has imposed sanctions against 17 Russian citizens, according to the agency's website. The measures include the freezing of assets in the country and a ban on financial transactions with them.

The restrictions affected the founder of the Renova group, Viktor Vekselberg, and five relatives of businessman Yuri Kovalchuk.

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The sanctions list also includes 11 State Duma deputies from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation:

Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov; First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov; Nikolai Kolomeytsev, First Deputy HEAD of the Communist Party faction; Yuri Afonin; Evgeny Bessonov; Leonid Kalashnikov; Vladimir Kashin; Alexey Kurinny; Dmitry Novikov; Nikolay Osadchy; Kazbek Taysaev.