🌏 The Australian government has added 37 Russian citizens and seven enterprises from key industries to the sanctions list to limit Moscow’s ability to conduct its aggressive war against Ukraine, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.
Source: Gazeta.UA
🚢 Among the 44 individuals and organizations sanctioned is the entire board of directors of the state-owned Sovcomflot — the largest shipping company in rf and the world. Restrictions were also imposed on the leadership of structures related to the oil and gas giant Gazprom — Gazprom Neft, the third-largest oil refiner in rf, and Gazprombank, a key intermediary in rf’s oil and gas transactions.
🚫 Australian citizens and companies are prohibited from doing business with sanctioned individuals and legal entities of rf, and those sanctioned are banned from entering Australia.
🤝 Australia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Penny Wong stated that the new sanctions aim to disrupt the russian authorities’ ability to finance the war and reflect close coordination with international partners.