Russia-Ukraine Warfare: The recent spherical of sanctions additionally targets 144 Russian senators. (File)
Sydney:
The Australian authorities has imposed sanctions and journey bans on two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov’s daughter, it mentioned in an announcement on Friday.
It follows related measures undertaken by different Western nations together with america and Britain, and takes the full variety of individuals and entities in Russia topic to Australian sanctions to just about 750.
It didn’t identify the 2 Putin daughters however the Russian president is understood to have two grownup daughters, Katerina Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova. The assertion added President Putin and Lavrov have been added to the sanctions record on Feb. 27.
The recent spherical of sanctions additionally targets 144 Russian senators who offered help to President Putin by approving the “illegitimate” recognition as impartial the breakaway areas of Donetsk and Luhansk in jap Ukraine on Feb. 22, Australia’s overseas ministry mentioned in its assertion.
Overseas Minister Marisa Payne added that Australia will proceed to extend prices on Russia by focusing on those that bear accountability for the “unjustified and unprovoked aggression in Ukraine”. Russia calls its invasion a “particular army operation” to demilitarise and “denazify” Ukraine.
Final week, Australia imposed focused monetary sanctions on 14 Russian state-owned enterprises, together with defence-related entities comparable to truckmaker Kamaz and transport corporations SEVMASH and United Shipbuilding Corp.
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