MOSCOW: In response to Australia’s sanctions on Russian personal people and authorized entities, Russia’s International Ministry determined to indefinitely deny entry to 235 Australian nationals to Moscow.These Australian nationals are members of Municipal Councils, actively selling the anti-Russia agenda of their nation, in a transfer to sentence Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”In response to the politically motivated sanctions imposed on Russian personal people and authorized entities by the Authorities of Australia as a part of the collective West’s Russophobic marketing campaign, the choice has been made to indefinitely deny entry to Russia to 235 Australian nationals who’re members of municipal councils actively selling the anti-Russia agenda of their nation,” the Russia’s International Ministry mentioned in an announcement.Furthermore, these Australian people additionally embody former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and Victorian Opposition chief John Pesutto.These Australian residents are actually denied entry to the Russian Federation, in line with the assertion.It additional acknowledged that Canberra doesn’t present any signal of renouncing its anti-Russia place and proceed to introduce new sanctions, therefore, the ministry will additional replace the checklist of Australians accordingly.”Provided that official, Canberra reveals no signal of renouncing its anti-Russia place and the continued introduction of recent sanctions, we’ll additional replace the Russian cease checklist accordingly,” it added.A number of international locations issued sanctions Russian people and entities and restricted imports and exports from Russia after it launched invasion of Ukraine in 2022.Australia imposed autonomous sanctions in relation to Russia in response to the Russian menace to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. They have been first imposed in 2014 and prolonged in 2015, 2022 and 2023, in line with the Australian International Ministry.It additional issued a “Do Not Journey” advisory, which is constant until date.