Australia entered into force sanctions against Russia

Australia entered into force sanctions against Russia, which were adopted back in September last year, RBC reports with reference to the Australian publication.

The presence of sanctions was confirmed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Julia Bishop, who stated that restrictions are similar to packages adopted by the EU, Canada and the USA. We are talking about sanctions against the oil and gas, financial and defense sectors.

The country's authorities ordered the export of weapons and oil and gas equipment to Russia. In addition, Russian state banks are prohibited from entering the Australian capital market. The government forbade its companies to trade with the Crimea and invest in its economy.

Personal sanctions, which were announced in September, affected 63 individuals - citizens of Russia and Ukraine - and 21 companies. Thus, today, Australian sanctions are affected by 113 people and 32 legal entities.

Australia announced the imposition of sanctions against Russia on September 1, a few days before signing the first version of the Minsk agreements. Since then, a truce managed to pass in Ukraine, military operations resumed again, the battle was held for Debaltseve, and the parties managed to sign the second version of the Minsk agreements.