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The Japanese government has decided to freeze the assets of Russian banks VTB, Otkritie, Novikombank and Sovcombank, Finance Minister Shun’ichi Suzuki said.
According to the Nikkei newspaper, in this way the assets of all seven banks from the Russian Federation, in respect of which it was decided to disconnect them from the SWIFT system, will be frozen in the country.
The Japanese government has already frozen the assets of Rossiya Bank, Promsvyazbank and VEB.RF before.
Recall, on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in the Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.” In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.
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Source: Rosbalt
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