Foreign Ministry bans 55 more Canadians from entering

The Russian Foreign Ministry has included another 55 Canadian citizens in the list of persons who are prohibited from entering the territory of the Russian Federation, reported on the website of the Foreign Ministry.

“In connection with the ever new sanctions imposed against Russian citizens by the ruling regime of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, committed to the Russophobic course, entry into the Russian Federation is closed, based on the principle of reciprocity, for 55 high-ranking military, politicians and public figures of Canada,” the message says. .

The expansion of the sanctions list affected mainly the military: in the list published by the Foreign Ministry, there are only seven people who are not associated with the armed forces of Canada. These are the executive director of the Conservative Party of Canada Wayne Benson, the former head of the Canadian branch of Amnesty International Alex Neve, the senior vice president of the Arctic Governance Institute Stephen Van Dyne, the former clerk of the Privy Council office Kevin Lynch, the publicist Adam Zivo, a former member of the House of Commons of Parliament Canadian Craig Scott and political scientist Joseph Bouchard.

Among the high-ranking military, the “stop list” included the Deputy Commander of the Canadian Air Force Colin Caver, the commander of the 1st Air Force Division Ian Huddleston and his deputies, the commanders of the 2nd and 3rd Air Force Divisions John Alexander and Michael Adamson, commanders of bases, groups of ships and others

After the start of the special operation in Ukraine, Canada joined the sanctions of Western countries against Russia. The West imposed restrictions on Russian companies, businessmen and officials, banned the export of certain types of goods to and from Russia, closed its airspace and ports to Russian transport, and froze the reserves of the Central Bank. On May 31, Canadian authorities imposed personal sanctions against 4 legal entities and 22 Russian citizens, including the head of the board of directors of the National Media Group, Alina Kabaeva.

Subsequently, Canada also imposed sanctions on the oil and gas, chemical and manufacturing industries of Russia, and in early August added in the sanctions list of 43 individuals and 17 legal entities from the Russian Federation. On August 23, the Government of Canada updated the sanctions lists, adding they also include 62 Russian individuals and one defense sector company.

Russia, in turn, has repeatedly expanded the “black list” in response to Canadian sanctions, adding to it, in particular, the chairman of the Liberal Party of Canada, Susan Cowan, the former head of the Bank of Canada, Mark Carney, and four senior political advisers in the vice-president’s office. prime minister, etc.

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