Canada imposed sanctions against three Moscow courts and 15 Russians

Canada expanded the list of sanctions against Russia to include three Moscow courts and 15 individuals “in response to a growing level of human rights violations,” reported on the government website.

Yes, under sanctions hit Moscow City Court, as well as Basmanny and Khamovnichesky district courts. Ottawa explained the inclusion of these courts in the sanctions list by the fact that they considered some high-profile cases against representatives of the Russian opposition.

The Russians against whom sanctions are imposed are in the service of the government, the judiciary and the Investigative Committee, the Canadian government added.

In total, since 2014, Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 2,600 individuals and legal entities in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova, involved, according to Ottawa, in violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

Earlier in July Canada introduced sanctions against 19 Russian cultural figures who “use their art” in support of a special operation in Ukraine. Restrictions were also introduced against the Minister of Science of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov and the Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova, the artist Philip Kirkorov, the director Nikita Mikhalkov.

Also on the list were those individuals who, according to Canada, are involved in the destruction of cultural property. In particular, Lyubimova, Falkov, actors Ivan Okhlobystin and Dmitry Kharatyan, singer Yulia Chicherina and others were subject to restrictions. In May, Canada introduced sanctions against 70 Russian individuals and legal entities, including against the shareholder of the group of companies “Abrau-Dursoand Business Ombudsman Boris Titov.