TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan featured on a new list of countries with “values inimical to Russia” published by Moscow, reports said Saturday (Sept. 21).

Other countries in East Asia included on the list were Japan, South Korea, and Singapore. Russia used the formula “Taiwan (China),” as it recognizes China’s claims of sovereignty over Taiwan, per CNA.

China was not one of 47 countries on the list, while of European Union members, only Hungary and Slovakia were not mentioned. The only NATO member state not to be considered an enemy was Turkey.

Premier Mikhail Mishustin reportedly put his signature on the new list on September 17, with publication following on Friday (Sept. 20). According to the Russian government, residents of the countries on the list could apply for “humanitarian assistance” from Moscow if they accepted “traditional Russian values.”

The first official enemies list, published in 2021, only included the US and the Czech Republic, but just weeks after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, it expanded rapidly, also adding Taiwan.