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Japan has introduced a new package of anti-Russian sanctions that bans the import of non-industrial diamonds from Russia into the country. It said on Friday, December 15, in a document on the website of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
The rule banning the import of diamonds for non-industrial use will enter into force on 1 January 2024.
Various export restrictions will apply to a number of Russian companies from the same time. These include Ural Civil Aviation Plant, Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, Khabarovsk Shipbuilding Plant, Plant V. A. Degtyarev, the Research and Production Center for Automation and Instrumentation named after academician N. A. Pilyugin, and others. In total, the restrictions affected 57 companies from completely different areas of production, ranging from industry to shipbuilding and aircraft manufacturing, TASS added.
In addition, the assets of 35 individuals and 43 public, research and industrial organisations in Russia will be frozen if they are found. Personal sanctions have thus been imposed against the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Tatyana Moskalkova, Deputy Minister of Defence Tatyana Shevtsova, the youth movement 'Yunarmiya', the company Radar MMS and others.
Earlier, on 7 December, it was announced that Japan intends to extend sanctions against Russia over the situation in Ukraine until the end of 2023. In addition, Tokyo will add to the sanctions list organizations from third countries that allegedly help circumvent anti-Russian measures.
Earlier, on December 6, Russian leader Dmitry Peskov's press secretary commented on the G7's plans to impose new sanctions on diamonds. He said that planning to impose sanctions on diamonds is nothing new. This has been said, and in some detail, for several months.
Japan's Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper reported in October that Japanese fishermen had lost access to the South Kuril Islands because of anti-Russian sanctions. They said they would like to fish in South Kuril waters again in 2023, but this is governed by annual negotiations between the two countries, which did not take place in 2023.
Western countries have stepped up sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation over a special operation to protect the Donbas, which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced would begin on 24 February 2022.
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