Australia has imposed fresh sanctions against Russia and the country’s entities, as well as an export ban on machinery and related parts.
The new financial sanctions target 21 entities, including subsidiaries of the state-owned atomic energy corporation Rosatom, which took over a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
Russia’s largest petroleum and gold companies, Rosneft and Polyus, along with steel company Severstal, have been hit with the sanctions, as well as defence companies supporting the war and five of the nation’s banks.
Three individuals have been targeted, including the head of the federal financial monitoring service and two Rosatom board members who double as aides and advisers for President Vladimir Putin….