Canada puts more Russian officials on its sanctions list
Canada has imposed sanctions against 15 Russian officials, including six deputies of Russia’s State Duma (Russian Parliament) from the Crimea. This was reported in a press release published on the Canadian Government website.
“In order to maintain the necessary pressure on Russia until it fully complies with its international obligations with respect to Ukraine, the Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations have been amended to list 15 additional separatist individuals, including six members of Russia’s State Duma from the Crimea, who are subject to an asset freeze and dealings prohibition,” the press release reads.
According to the statement, the sanctions have been also imposed “in response to the September 18 election of officials residing in the Crimea to Russia’s State Duma. Canada does not support the legitimacy or the outcome of these elections held in the occupied Crimean peninsula, as it has never recognized Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol”.
Recently the United States imposed sanctions against three deputies from Russia’s State Duma from the Crimea. Sanctions against Crimean deputies were also imposed by Switzerland.