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Russia has permanently banned nine Japanese citizens from entering the country, according to a list published by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday.

British foreign minister David Lammy said on Friday that Japan could help Ukraine by ramping up economic pressure on Russia, adding that Tokyo and London had a shared interest in a rules-based world order.

Russia has permanently banned nine Japanese citizens from entering the country, according to a list published by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday. The ministry said that the decision was made in response to Japan's sanctions against Russia related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the aggressor state of russia announced a ban on entry to the country for 9 Japanese citizens in response to the sanctions

Russia's foreign ministry says it has indefinitely banned nine Japanese citizens, including Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, from entering the country.

Moscow permanently bars Japanese top diplomat Takeshi Iwaya, ambassador to Ukraine, and business leaders from entering Russia - Anadolu Ajansı

In the early 2000s, Russia and China had heeded US preferences regarding the Korean Peninsula by engaging in multilateralism with the Six-Party Talks to deal

Following Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, Poland already spends more than 4% of its GDP on defence. Last year, it spent the equivalent of 4.1% of its GDP on defence and plans to raise that to 4.7% this year.