Russian authorities have permanently banned 26 Canadians from entering Russia, including Sophie Trudeau, wife of current Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This was reported by the newspaper Izvestia, with reference to a statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
He entered Russia in response to the next anti-Russian sanctions announced by the Canadian authorities, which affected not only representatives of the leadership, military and business circles, but also, in some cases, the closest relatives of those who were blacklisted. It is permanently closed for Canadian citizens of a similar category.
Sanctions were also imposed on Sophie Trudeau, Graham Bowley, wife of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Friedland, and Felix Marcel, partner of Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly.
“In the near future, new countermeasures will be taken in response to the hostile actions of Justin Trudeau, the ruling regime in Canada, which has embraced militant anti-Russian hostility. The Russian Foreign Ministry added that it will be publicly announced that Russia’s “stop list” will be renewed.
Canada imposed new anti-Russian sanctions on May 20, while 14 citizens of the country came under restrictions. Among them are “oligarchs, family members and people close to Putin”.
The sanctions also include banning the export and import of luxury goods, banning the importation of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, certain textiles and sportswear, shoes, luxury clothing and accessories, jewellery, dishes, art and goods into Russia. It can be used in the manufacture and manufacture of weapons.
As highlighted by the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, these bans enable Canada to accept similar measures introduced by the US and EU.
In early May, Ottawa sanctioned another 45 Russians based on the “citizen participation factor” in the Russian military operation in Ukraine. At the end of April, the Russian Foreign Ministry banned 592 Canadians from entering the country, again in response to a similar move by Canada.
On April 19, Canada added 14 citizens of the Russian Federation to its sanctions list, including the head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina.
According to the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the updated list also includes entrepreneurs Mikhail Gutseriev, Petr Aven, Mikhail Fridman, Oleg Boyko, cellist Sergei Roldugin.
Also added to the sanction list are Maria Vorontsova, Katerina Tikhonova, Maria Lavrova and Ekaterina Vinokurova.
The people on the list are considered “comrades in arms of the Russian regime” by the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In late February, it was learned that Canada imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov due to the situation in Ukraine.
new US sanctions
On May 21, the Russian Foreign Ministry also published a list of 963 Americans who can no longer enter Russia.
“In the context of the response to the continued anti-Russian sanctions by the United States and in connection with requests for the personal composition of our national “stop list”, the Russian Foreign Ministry publishes a list of American citizens denied entry. Permanently to the Russian Federation, ”the message says. .
In addition to US President Joe Biden, US Secretary of Transportation Peter Buttigieg, US Secretary of Homeland Security Richard Majauskas, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, film actor Morgan Freeman, Atlantic Council expert Jan Brzezinski are also on the black list. Research Center and other representatives of the American establishment.
Source: Gazeta
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