(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Kyo August 05 (QNA) - Japan imposed additional sanctions Tuesday against Russia for failing to defuse the crisis in Ukraine following the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet last month according to Japan's news agency (Kyodo). The measures were put in place after the Japanese Cabinet formally approved a decision the government announced last week to impose them as the United States and the European Union stepped up pressure on Russia with widened sanctions. The sanctions include freezing assets held in the country by 40 individuals including former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and two groups directly involved in Russia's annexation of Crimea and the instability in eastern Ukraine. (QNA)
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