Australia has imposed new sanctions and a travel ban on seven Russian officials in temporarily occupied Crimea, which Moscow annexed in early 2014.. AAP reports..

These Russians hold leadership positions in the region's largest city, Sevastopol.. The international community has not officially recognized either the annexation or the Russian regional "

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Earlier it was reported that the Australian government introduced new personal sanctions against 90 Russian individuals and 40 organizations..

Australia has imposed sanctions on more than a thousand people since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.