Australia sanctions against Russia came into force – Forbes Russia

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced the entry into force of sanctions against Russia, reports The Australian edition of Tuesday, March 31.

The newspaper reminds that the restrictions that Australia introduced in respect of Russia on arms dealing and mining equipment, investments in infrastructure and are “a response to Russian aggression and threats of Ukraine».

According to the newspaper, sanctions similar to those imposed against Moscow Europe Canada and the United States. Appropriate decision about their introduction was made at the beginning of September 2014.

For the first time Australia has introduced sanctions against Russia in March 2014. This happened after a part of Russia entered the Crimean peninsula. Since then, the country has gradually expanded restrictions against Russia. During the spring the “black list” were 63 persons and 21 legal person from Russia and Ukraine. Minister of Australia officially named defendants in the list, and only remarked that they “played an important role in the Russian threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine».

«black list” was published in June of the same year. It is known that the sanctions have touched Russian parliamentarians and officials, as well as ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. Under them were RZD President Vladimir Yakunin and four Russian billionaires, previously included in the sanctions lists US – Gennady Timchenko, Yuri Kovalchuk, Boris and Arkady Rotenberg Rotenberg. Sanctions also affected the bank “Russia”, controlled by Kovalchuk, SMP Bank and InvestCapitalBank, co-owned by brothers Rotenberg, the company “SGM” Arkady Rotenberg and several companies Timchenko.

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