New Zealand, South Korea announce new sanctions on Russia

Strikes are newest measures meant to punish Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during a press conference in Wellington, New Zealand.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has introduced sanctions towards Russia over its invasion of Ukraine [File: Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald via AP]

New Zealand’s authorities stated on Monday that it'll introduce laws to permit it to deliver first-of-its-kind sanctions towards Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stated the sanctions will give the nation the power to freeze Russian belongings in New Zealand, stop individuals and firms from transferring their cash and belongings to the nation to flee sanctions imposed by different international locations, and cease superyachts, ships and plane from coming into New Zealand waters or airspace.

Ardern additionally launched an inventory of 100 people banned from travelling to New Zealand.

New Zealand has beforehand solely been capable of implement sanctions when the United Nations Safety Council has imposed them. The Safety Council won't be able to impose sanctions towards Russia as Russia has the facility to veto them.

Ardern stated the federal government was pressured to introduce the brand new laws due to limits within the present multilateral system.

“In the end if we had a safety council that was extra practical we might not be going through this concern within the first place,” stated Ardern.

In the meantime, South Korea has determined to sever transactions with Russia’s central financial institution and immobilise any belongings held by the financial institution within the received, within the nation’s newest transfer to affix Western international locations’ efforts to ratchet up sanctions towards Moscow.

South Korea’s finance ministry will launch extra particulars, together with the scope of additional sanctions which “can be in step with US monetary sanctions,” afterward Monday, an official with the nation’s finance ministry stated.

The transfer comes after Seoul earlier introduced it will ban exports of strategic objects, block some Russian banks from the SWIFT worldwide funds system, and increase support to Ukraine.

The restricted objects will embrace electronics, semiconductors, computer systems, data and communications, sensors and lasers, navigation and avionics, and marine and aerospace tools.

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