Japan significantly expands its anti-Russian sanctions

HONG KONG. Jan 10 (Interfax) - The Japanese government has added 11 individuals, 51 entities and three banks from Russia, as well as dozens of foreign companies to its sanctions list.

Specifically, the new sanctions target the Russian Machine Building Scientific Production Union, Aleksin Chemical Plant, CMRBank, RFK Bank and Timer Bank, as well as a number of other Russian entities and organizations.

The individuals added to Japan's sanctions list are Alrosa CEO Pavel Marinychev, Rostec First Deputy CEO Vladimir Artyakov, PSV Technologies CEO Sergei Petrov, and eight other people. Their assets in Japan, if they have any, will be frozen.

The sanctions also target 31 foreign companies from China, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand and Turkey, Georgian MRB Bank, and one North Korean citizen.