TOKYO, Dec 16 (Al Jazeera) - Japan has expanded its sanctions targeting Russia over its war in Ukraine, banning Russian diamonds for non-industrial use and adding dozens of firms and organisations to its trade blacklist.
The expanded export blacklist announced on Friday includes 57 organisations in Russia and six organisations in the United Arab Emirates, Syria, Uzbekistan and Armenia.
The latest measures bring the total number of Russian organisations under sanctions to 494.
Twenty-seven entities from Belarus, one of Russia’s closest allies, have also been sanctioned. ...continue reading