Canberra, Feb 24 (UNI) Australia imposed the largest sanctions package against Russia since 2022, targeting 70 individuals and 79 entities, the country's government said in a statement.
"The Australian Government has today imposed further targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on 70 persons, and targeted financial sanctions on 79 entities," the government said.
It is specified that the sanctions are aimed, among other things, at the administration of new regions of Russia, including ministers, judges and prosecutors.
"The sanctions also target persons and entities involved in deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea," the statement said.
Moreover, sanctions were imposed on individuals in Russia's defence, transport, and financial sectors, as well as "those spreading disinformation to undermine Ukraine and governments around the world."
"Today we have further tightened trade bans on Russia by prohibiting the supply of commercial drones and components, including the provision of related services," the statement says.
Australia has now imposed a total of more than 1,400 sanctions on Russia.
Russia has repeatedly stated that the country will cope with the sanctions pressure that the West began to exert on Russia several years ago and continues to intensify. Moscow noted that the West lacks the courage to admit the failure of sanctions against Russia. In Western countries, opinions have repeatedly been voiced that anti-Russian sanctions were ineffective.
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