Tokyo panoramaTOKYO, Mar 15 In light of the events in Ukraine, Japan imposes personal sanctions against 17 citizens of the Russian Federation, including the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov, deputies of the State Duma, businessman Viktor Vekselberg and relatives of businessman Yuri Kovalchuk, according to a press release from the country's Foreign Ministry. transfers to these persons apply to the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov, as well as to the deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Yuri Afonin, Evgeny Bessonov, Leonid Kalashnikov, Vladimir Kashin, Nikolai Kolomeitsev and others. In addition, the list includes the chairman of the board of directors of the group of companies » Renova» Viktor Vekselberg and relatives of businessman Yuri Kovalchuk — Kirill Kovalchuk, Boris Kovalchuk, Kira Kovalchuk, Stepan Kovalchuk and Tatyana Kovalchuk.Ros This started a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the Russian President emphasized.
