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Russia Sanctions 121 Australian Nationals Including Business, Defence Figures


Thu 16 Jun 2022 | 08:13 PM
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Russia expanded the list of Australian citizens subject to personal sanctions, adding another 121 nationals to the list, the Foreign Ministry stated on Thursday.

"In response to the Australian government's expanding sanctions, which involve a growing number of Russian citizens - both officials and members of their families, as well as representatives of the business community and the media - 121 Australians have been added to the Russian stop-list, among them security chiefs, business people, experts and journalists who shape a Russophobic agenda in this country," the ministry said.

"These people are indefinitely prohibited from entering the Russian Federation," it stressed, adding that the list includes Deputy Ministers of Defense and Air Force and Navy commanders.

"Given that the official Canberra does not intend to abandon its anti-Russian course and continues to multiply sanctions measures, work on updating the Russian stop-list will go on," the ministry noted.

Moscow has recently imposed an entry ban on top UK-based journalists and defence figures as part of sanctions, in response to UK measures on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“The British journalists included in the list are involved in the deliberate dissemination of false and one-sided information about Russia and events in Ukraine and Donbas,” the Russian ministry said in a statement. “With their biased assessments, they also contribute to fuelling Russophobia in British society.”

The BBC “will continue to report independently and fairly”, a spokesperson said, noting that Sky TV, Times, Guardian, Channel 4 and ITV journalists are also barred.