Sanctions also affected the chief executive officer of Rosneft Igor Sechin, the wife and children of the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, and the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov was also subject to sanctions.
In total, 25 people and 81 Russian enterprises and companies have been added to the list, including shipbuilding and car factories, enterprises producing electronic equipment.
Also, the country's authorities announced a ban on the export of luxury goods to Russia.
Recall that the Japanese government earlier announced sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as against Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Geramsimov, Patrushev. Also under the restrictions announced by the Japanese authorities, fall the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, eight deputies of the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Dmitry Shugaev, the head of the GRU Igor Kostyukov, the general director of Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheyev, senator Suleiman Kerimov and a member State Duma Andrey Skoch.
Japan was included by the Russian authorities in the list of unfriendly countries. Hirokazu Matsuno, Secretary General of the Government of the country, replied to this that Moscow's decision was "regrettable".