Japan imposes additional sanctions against Russian citizens

The government of Japan imposed additional personal sanctions against 17 Russian citizens over the situation around Ukraine, Japanese Foreign Ministry announced Tuesday.

According to the published information, the new sanctions list includes 11 State Duma lawmakers, including Communist Party faction leader Gennady Zyuganov, Renova owner Viktor Vekselberg, and several relatives of businessmen Yuri Kovalchuk.

This raises the number of Russian citizens covered by Japanese sanctions to 65. The sanctions include, among other things, freezing their assets in Japan and ban for Japanese companies to carry out financial deals with them.