Ukraine requests Japan to impose new sanctions against Russia
| The Prime Minister of Ukraine, who visited Tokyo, asked Japan and the European Union to impose new sanctions against Moscow on the pretext of the death of a prominent opponent of the Russian government. |
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, according to Reuters, Ukrainian Prime Minister Deniz Shmihal, in a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumiokishida in Tokyo, asked the European Union and Japan to impose sanctions due to the death of Alexei Navalny. apply new measures against the Russian government.
This request of the Prime Minister of Ukraine is expressed in the context that the European Union is trying to use the death of Alexei Navalny, the pro-Western opponent of the Russian government, as an excuse to sanction Russia. European Union countries, including Germany, on Monday demanded the imposition of new sanctions against Moscow due to the death of Alexei Navalny, a pro-Western opponent of the Russian government.
German Foreign Minister Analena Baerbock expressed hope that 27 European Union countries will soon agree on the 13th package of Russian sanctions. EU officials say that could happen on Wednesday if Budapest agrees. EU officials have proposed adding Russian prison officials linked to Navalny’s death to a list of new sanctions against Russia.
The prison center of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region of the Russian Federation in the Arctic Circle announced on Friday that Alexei Navalny had died. In the statement of this penitentiary, it is pointed out that Navalny was not in a “good mood” after his daily walk and immediately lost consciousness.
The Prime Minister of Ukraine further added: “We want these sanctions to be applied in the field of economic issues against economic sectors, and in the political field against individuals.”
