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Let's see if Xi can accommodate?

As part of stronger curbs against Moscow, Japan also said it will widen an export ban to Russia by including 31 items such as semiconductors, communication equipment, sensors, and radar, as well as 26 technology packages from Friday.

Tokyo has also imposed sanctions on Russia's central bank and seven private banks, among other organizations, as well as various Belarusian individuals and banks and organizations from the country over its support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.


EU member states agree on a new package of sanctions against Russia

Tuesday, 15 Mar 2022

Sanctions were set to include an import ban on Russian steel and iron, an export ban on luxury goods including cars worth more than 50,000 euros ($55,000), and a ban on investments in oil companies and the energy sector

This could open the door to the bloc banning or imposing punitive tariffs on Russian goods and putting Russia on a par with North Korea or Iran.