Australia has imposed sanctions on hundreds of Russian lawmakers and their ORDLO aides

Among other things, the list includes Putin's propagandist Solovyov.

Australia imposes additional sanctions

“The Australian government has imposed targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on another 110 people in response to Russia's illegal war against Ukraine, which includes high-ranking Ukrainian separatists and Russian lawmakers,” the statement said. 34 representatives of Russian-led separatist groups in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. It is noted that these individuals violated the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine by asserting state power over the territories of Ukraine without the permission of the Government of Ukraine.

Another 76 deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation were also included in the list. Some voted for a resolution calling on President Putin to recognize Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, and most later voted to ratify one or both treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between the Russian Federation and the so-called “people's republics.”

< Another Duma deputy, Oleg Matveychev, was included in the list for spreading misinformation and propaganda. Russian TV journalist Vladimir Solovyov is also on the sanctions list.

In total, Australia has imposed sanctions on 812 individuals and 47 legal entities in response to Russia's illegal war.

Read also: EU in new sanctions package will shut down several Russian banks from SWIFT – Borrel

Earlier, the Australian government imposed sanctions against 14 Russian state-owned companies due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In particular, the lists of sanctions include KAMAZ, Gazprom, Gazprom Nafta, Transneft, Rostelecom, RusHydro, Sevmash, United Shipbuilding Corporation and others.

Based on materials: ZN.ua

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