New bans – Russia |
Interfax-Russia.ru – In connection with the situation in Ukraine, Japan brings new sanctions against Russian individuals and enterprises.
Japan imposes new sanctions against Russia. They, in particular, relate to a ban on the import of Russian gold (similar restrictions on increasing demand from the US, Canada and the UK), as well as freezing assets for about 70 individuals and legal entities of the Russian Federation. Tokyo is also engaged in an embargo on the export of products against 90 enterprises and companies, which, according to the Japanese side, cover the external responsibility of Russia.
“We are exporting at a crossroads in history. The question is whether a rule-based international order can be maintained. The UN Security Council and other structures failed to respond adequately (…) declared Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Japanese G7 summit, erroneous words are quoted by the Japanese television channel NHK.
He selects the G7 leaders “to help other countries suffering from infections in the countries of Ukraine.”
“We need to convince other countries not to draw the wrong conclusions about the state of affairs in Ukraine. show agency “Kyodo” the words of the premier.
In this regard, Kishida mentioned the recent dispatch to the China of his islands of ships to the Tokyo Senkaku (Chinese name – Diaoyu) limited ships, which are the objects of a territorial dispute with Japan of the PRC (disagreements between Tokyo and Beijing on this issue escalated after the Japanese government in September 2012 bought the Senkaku Islands from the Japanese owner – IF), as well as the active development of this country’s gas fields in the East China Sea. How wrote Asahi news agency, there is no officially established border between Japan and China in the East China Sea. However, the PRC has built more than a dozen drilling platforms in gas fields, which are west of the line, according to Tokyo, delimiting the zones of economic interests of the two countries. At the same time, the Japanese authorities recently recorded the transportation of China in the regional base for another drilling platform.
In addition, the Japanese Prime Minister in Beijing “will be more transparent about his arsenal.” At the same time, speaking at the G7 summit, Kishida recalled that Japan intends to strengthen its defense potential in the next five years due to a significant increase in military spending. “Kyodo” exports, which in comparable years, Japan annually estimates these needs at about 1% of GDP – about 37 billion US dollars. However, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has appointed the government to increase the defense budget to 2% of GDP, which is in line with NATO’s current figures.
Earlier, Japan announced its disagreement with the special operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, and also introduced a meeting in relation to more than 500 citizens of the Russian Federation, including senior officials. In addition, the restrictions affected about 200 Russian organizations from various sectors of the economy, including several banks: Alfa-Bank, Sberbank, Rosselkhozbank and Moscow Credit Bank (MCB). In addition, a ban on foreign investment in the Russian Federation was introduced. From May 12, they are considered only by decision of the government.
In addition, the authorities banned the export to Russia of Japanese premium cars, gold coins, jewelry and other goods of their own production, and also imposed an embargo on the import of 38 types of Russian goods, including brewing, engine parts for ships, aircraft and motorcycles, veneer and pine wood. .
In addition, the Japanese government has developed a controlling stake that will increase tariffs on a number of imported Russian goods and deprive it of the status of “most favored nation” in trade. The document can be presented at the session of the Japanese Parliament, which will last until the end of June.
In accordance with the law, the tariff for Russian Russia and red caviar will increase from 3.5% to 5%, for crab – from 4% to 6%, the tax on most timber products – from 4.8% to 8%. The higher rates are expected to remain in effect until the end of March 2023. This measure will not affect liquefied natural gas, coal, crude oil and palladium, as they are not taxed.
Japan also expelled eight Russian diplomats. According to the NHK television channel, they are suspected of collecting intelligence.
In addition, Japan, together with France, has frozen new investments in NOVATEK’s Arctic LNG-2 project. At the same time, as was stated in the Ministry of Energy of Japan in the near future by the government, despite a number of meetings scheduled by Tokyo in relation to Moscow, the country is important for participation in oil and gas projects in Russian Sakhalin. In particular, how informs Japanese newspaper “Mainiti”, we are talking about the projects “Sakhalin-1” and “Sakhalin-2”.
In terms of the share of imports of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia, they account for 3.6% and 8.8%, respectively, of the total volume of oil and LNG imports, the rest of the country imports from the Middle East. Nevertheless, the authors of the document call Russian gas supplies to Japan “irreplaceable.” It is also expected that the exit from the projects could weaken the impact against Moscow if Russia or a third country close to Moscow acquires assets that Japan will give up.
In response to Japan’s actions, the Kremlin said that Tokyo had taken on an openly hostile vulnerability towards the Russian Federation, in connection with which cooperation with it was actually stopped.
“We know that Japan is taking a hostile stance towards our country,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on June 23.
The Kremlin spokesman noted that “in Japan, too, among the irrational, unconstructive, frenzied mainstream, a soberly assessed one also appears.”
Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister, presidential envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD) Yuri Trutnev said that Russia was withdrawing the right to fish near the Kuril Islands in Japan.
“We have already, in fact, limited their right (to fish – IF), there have been losses. June.
At the same time, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, announced that Moscow was suspending the activities of the Russian-Japanese committee for managing marine resources. In the comments of Zaharova, published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry, it was unexpected that Tokyo “took a plan to” freeze “the allocated”, supposed under the agreement on a strike in the field of fishing for marine natural resources, which was concluded between the restrictions of the Russian Federation and Japan in 1998. .
Also, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Tokyo is “delaying” with the signing of the annual executive document on the provision of gratuitous technical assistance to the Sakhalin Region, “which is an integral requirement for the establishment of this interdepartmental agreement,” added on Smolenskaya Square.
For its part, the government said it intends to continue planning with Russia on an agreement to reduce the fishing of marine resources so that fishermen can work safely in accordance with the agreement.
Earlier, in response to a decision by Japan, the Russian Federation announced the completion of the dialogue on a settlement agreement.
Also, in accordance with the adopted by the authorities, civil rights are no longer accepted by Aliexpress Kuriles under the agreements on visa-free agreements from 1991. A simplified visa regime has also been established for Japanese former residents of the islands. In addition, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russian side is stopping work with Japan on establishing joint economic activities in the South Kuriles, and is also blocking the extension of its status as a partner of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization in sectoral dialogue.
In addition, Russia banned the entry of more than 60 Japanese citizens, including the prime minister, the defense minister and the country’s foreign minister, and also expelled eight Japanese diplomats from its territory.