The Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a new package of sanctions against Russia. List published Online sections. It includes 14 Russians and 34 organizations.
“Today we are announcing new sanctions against 14 Russian and 34 entities, including those linked to the Wagner Group,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
As the politician put it, Ottawa took such a step to “increase the pressure” on Moscow.
Among the blacklisted names were:
– President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov;
– Sergey Rudnov, owner of the news agency Regnum;
– Russian Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov;
– Viktor Myachin, owner of the Russian company for the maintenance and repair of the Aerostart aircraft;
– the owner of the Russian cargo air group “Volga-Dnepr” Alexey Isaikin;
– Andrey Komogortsev, Head of the Rybinsk Instrument Production Plant;
– and about. Named after the General Director of JSC “NPP” Istok “Shokin” Vadim Dobrov;
– Vladimir Ivanov, head of the rocket-building company JSC Energia;
– and others.
In addition, Canada imposed restrictions on Concord Management and Consulting, which is associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of PMC Wagner. Also on the list of sanctions are the Voronezh Experimental Software Production Plant (VOZPP), the satellite data company Terra Tech, the JSC National Aviation Service Company, the JSC Ural Civil Aviation Plant, the JSC Rybinsk Instrument Production Plant, LLC Lipetsk Mechanical plant. Airlines ATRAN, Volga-Dnepr and AirBridgeCargo.
According to the State Department, all the imposed restrictions took effect on April 5.
help for Kyiv
Ottawa also announced on April 11 that it would soon send a new military aid package to Ukraine.
“We are announcing that we will be sending more weapons. “We will send 21,000 assault rifles, 38 machine guns and 2.4 million rounds from cold Canada,” said the Canadian prime minister.
Exact delivery dates have not been announced at this time.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal announced an updated free trade agreement with Canada that is scheduled to be signed in the future.
“We just signed a joint statement with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to conclude talks. In terms of its content, Shmyhal is an exceptional agreement that will intensify our trade with Canada and create unique opportunities for Ukrainian trade.”
According to him, countries will implement the most modern regime for liberalization of service markets and investments. “Now Ukrainian business can export products to Canada without tariff, even if the components of this product come from EU, EFTA, UK and Israel. This approach encourages foreign businesses to set up production facilities in Ukraine and engages us in global production chains.”
Canadian sanctions
Ottawa introduced its previous package of anti-Russian sanctions on February 24, the anniversary of the start of the Russian Armed Forces’ special operation in Ukraine. Later, 129 individuals and 63 organizations were included in the blacklist, including Russian deputy prime ministers, ministers, other members of the Russian presidential administration, and Soviet cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya.
The topics covered were the FSB, the Main Directorate of the General Staff (also known as the GRU), the FSO, the Federation Council and the State Duma, United Russia, the Main Directorate for Special Programs of the President of the Russian Federation, and Rosfin monitoring. to restrictions. In addition, Canadian authorities have banned the export of certain chemicals used in electronics manufacturing to Russia.