City of Sydney, Australia. File photoMOSCOW, Mar 8Australian Foreign Minister Maris Payne, in an official statement on the agency's website, announced the imposition of sanctions against Russia due to a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, including the restrictions will affect the Russian Armed Forces, six military commanders and 10 individuals allegedly «inciting hatred» and «spreading propaganda».
"This new package of sanctions will introduce targeted financial sanctions against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and targeted financial sanctions and entry bans against another six high-ranking Russian military commanders responsible for conducting sea, land and air attacks against Ukraine", Payne said in a statement.
Sanctions against the Russian Armed Forces, in particular, included ground forces, the Navy, aerospace forces, missile forces strategic and airborne troops.» The Australian government imposes sanctions against 10 people of strategic interest to Russia for their role in inciting hostility against Ukraine and promoting pro-Kremlin propaganda,” the Foreign Minister added. Australian authorities are working with Facebook, Twitter and Google to suspend the distribution of Russian state media content in the country, the statement also said.
Russia has become the country with the most sanctions, the rating showed