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Japan: Government announces sanctions against Russia and regions in eastern Ukraine following Russian recognition of two Ukrainian separatist regions

Announcement

24 Feb 2022

In February 2022, Japan extended sanctions against Russia and the two Ukrainian separatist regions in the context of the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

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Number of interventions

3

3 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

3 in force

Implementation date

26 Feb 2022

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Controls on commercial transactions and investment instruments In force

On 26 February 2022, the government of Japan required the issuances and transactions of new Russian sovereign debt in the Japanese primary and secondary market to be individually approved, with immedi...

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Implementation date

24 Feb 2022

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Import ban In force

On 26 February 2022, the government of Japan imposed a blanket import ban on the "Donetsk People's Republic" and the "Luhansk People's Republic", the two separatist regions of Ukraine that were previo...

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Export ban In force

On 26 February 2022, the government of Japan imposed a blanket export ban on products destined to the "Donetsk People's Republic" and the "Luhansk People's Republic", the two separatist regions of Ukr...

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