Sberbank logo. File photoTOKYO, Apr 12 In light of the situation in Ukraine, Japan has included Russian Sberbank and Alfa-Bank in the list of additional sanctions, their assets will be frozen, and transactions with them will be prohibited, according to a press release from the Japanese Foreign Ministry .In addition, a ban is introduced on new direct investment in Russia. Russia launched a 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.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
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