Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed that his country is banning gold imports from Russia and that an additional 34 armored vehicles will be provided to Ukraine.
According to Arab Net, Albanese said during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Sunday, that Australia will impose sanctions on 16 other Russian ministers and personalities, bringing the total number of Russian individuals subject to Australian sanctions to 834. p>
Albanese added that Australia would provide Ukraine with 14 additional armored personnel carriers and 20 additional Bushmaster armored vehicles, Reuters reported.
The British government had confirmed earlier that it would ban, along with the United States, Japan and Canada, any new imports of Russian gold as part of measures aimed at punishing Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
The ban is scheduled to come into force soon and will apply to newly mined gold.
The British government pointed out that this would not affect gold of Russian origin, which was previously exported from Russia.
