MELBOURNE, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Australia on Sunday enforced targeted monetary sanctions and take a trip restrictions on 28 Russian-appointed separatists, ministers and senior authorities after President Vladimir Putin announced the addition of 4 areas of Ukraine. The brand-new sanctions targeted people who the Australian federal government stated were flouting global law to legitimise Russia’s actions in Ukraine through “sham referenda, disinformation and intimidation”. “These extra sanctions strengthen Australia’s strong objection to the actions of President Putin and those performing his orders,” Foreign Minister Penny Wong stated in a declaration. Register now free of charge unrestricted access to Reuters.comPutin on Friday revealed the addition of 4 areas of Ukraine after holding what Moscow called referendums – votes that were knocked by Kyiv and Western federal governments as prohibited and coercive. “The locations of Ukraine presently inhabited by Russian forces are the sovereign area of Ukraine. No sham referendum will alter this,” Wong stated. Australia stated the areas of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia are sovereign Ukrainian area. Canberra has actually likewise submitted with the International Court of Justice in assistance of a case brought by Ukraine versus Russia for breaching the Genocide Convention. “We stand with Ukraine in bringing these procedures versus Russia prior to the International Court of Justice,” Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus stated in the joint declaration with Wong. Register now totally free endless access to Reuters.comReporting by Sonali Paul; modifying by Jonathan Oatis Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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