Prime minister tightens targeted sanctions against Moscow elites to punish Putin for ‘historic atrocity’ of invasion
Prime minister will tighten sanctions against Moscow elites to punish Putin for ‘historic atrocity’ of invasionJapanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/TORU HANAI
Tokyo will also ramp up sanctions by expanding the scope of asset freezes against Russian elites and banning imports of certain products from the country, said Kishida. These moves are in line with an announcement on Friday by the US and its allies that they are escalating economic pressure on Russia in a fourth set of sanctions against that country.
But the Mainichi newspaper reports the move will lead to higher tariffs for seafood products such as sea urchins and crab imported from Russia.
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