Canberra:
To extend financial sanctions against the Russian Federation, as well as
against citizens and companies responsible for threatening the sovereignty and
territorial integrity of Ukraine, the Australian government decided.
The action
of financial sanctions and restrictions applies to citizens and enterprises of
the Russian Federation, the occupied Crimea and representatives of the
"LNR" and "DNR", the Australian Foreign Ministry said.
In the
sanctions list of Australia 48 enterprises and 153 Russian citizens got. To
this list, which was first published in 2014, additionally included another 42
people and 12 companies.
Sanctions
have been extended for the next three years, or they may end as soon as Russia
fulfills its obligations under the second Minsk accords.
Earlier,
the leader of the Austrian ultra-right party Heinz-Christian Strähe in Vienna
said that the Crimea should be recognized as part of Russia, and the imposed
sanctions against the Russian Federation should be abolished.