New sanctions by Tokyo to have consequences for Russian-Japanese relations, do not endanger Russia - Peskov

MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - The new Japanese sanctions against Russia will have consequences for bilateral relations but they do not endanger Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"We are increasingly adapting to life under sanctions, and compensatory elements are being activated for the economy and social affairs. So, these decisions do not bring anything terrible for us," Peskov told reporters on Friday.

"Unfortunately, such decisions have unavoidable consequences for bilateral relations, which are already in a rather deplorable state," he said.

As for the elaboration of countermeasures, Peskov said that Moscow would primarily rely on national interests.

The Japanese Foreign Ministry said earlier that the list of Russian persons and entities placed under restrictions over the Ukraine situation had been broadened.

"In view of the current international situation over Ukraine, and for the purpose of contributing to the international efforts for achieving international peace [...] the Government of Japan has introduced [...] the asset freeze measures [...] for individuals and entities of the Russian Federation," the ministry said.

The new sanctions will apply to 22 persons from Russia, including First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, Justice Minister Konstantin Chuichenko, Human Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova, and Deputy Defense Minister Mikhail Mizintsev. Restrictions are also imposed on philosopher Alexander Dugin, freelance advisor to the acting Kherson region governor Alexander Malkevich and KAMAZ General Director Sergei Kogogin, among others.

Irkut Corporation, the Avangard Machine-Building Plant, and JSC KAMAZ were added to the list of companies whose assets would be frozen.

Tokyo also banned exports of general goods used for strengthening military potential by 49 Russian companies, including the Zvezdochka Ship Repairing Plant, the Moscow Aviation Institute, the Tula Arms Plant, the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, the Zhukovsky Institute, the Baranov Central Institute of Aviation Motors, the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, and Aviaagregat.

There will be personal sanctions on 14 individuals from Crimea, the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, including head of the Kakhovka military-civilian administration Pavel Filipchuk, deputy head of the Kherson administration for property and trade relations and industrial policy Igor Semenchev, MAKO Holding head Alexander Yanukovich, and Gaz Alliance head Sergei Kurchenko.