The Japanese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday announced sanctions in relation to Russian leaders, including President Vladimir Putin, over the Ukraine situation.

The sanction list also features Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff Valery Gerasimov, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev.

These sanctions also apply to 49 Russian agencies, financial institutions and companies, including, among others, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), the Main Intelligence Department, JSC Company Sukhoi and JSC Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG, the Rostec state corporation, the Central Bank of Russia, VEB, and Promsvyazbank.