Japan has expanded sanctions against Russia

January 10th. /MEDIA TALK/. On January 10, 2025, Japan imposed additional restrictive measures on 11 citizens of the Russian Federation, 29 organizations and three banks, the relevant information was published on the official portal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country. A ban has been imposed on the import of 335 product categories into Russia, including components for special equipment, subcompact motorcycles and various tools. Export restrictions were imposed on 22 Russian enterprises.

Japanese assets of top managers of large Russian companies will also be frozen: Pavel Marinichev, head of Alrosa, and Vladimir Artyukov, first deputy head of Rostec. The banks DEM Bank, RFK Bank and Timber Bank were also sanctioned.


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Similar measures will be applied to 31 companies from China, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand and Turkey. The freezing of funds affected one North Korean citizen and a Georgian MRB bank.

Earlier, we wrote that shipments of goods from Japan to Russia in October 2024 increased by 52.8% year-on-year and exceeded $200 million (31.47 billion yen).