OREANDA-NEWS Japan has announced the imposition of sanctions against 52 Russian organizations and 10 Russian citizens in connection with the situation in Ukraine. This was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this Asian country.

In addition, three organizations from Belarus were placed under restrictions.

In particular, the restrictions apply to the Artek children's camp, the Akhmat-Hadji Kadyrov Foundation and its President Aimani Kadyrov, as well as the Movement of the Former. In addition, the Ural Automobile Plant, Arzamas Machine-Building Plant, Military Industrial Company, Bryansk Automobile Plant, Remdiesel, Lipetsk Mechanical Plant, Incotech, Transcontainer, Tula Arms Plant, NPO Basalt, Pribor, Iskra and others were sanctioned..

Other measures taken by the Japanese authorities included Japan lowering the ceiling on Russian oil prices from $60 to $47.8 per barrel. A similar decision was made by the New Zealand authorities.