Canada removed Chubais from its sanctions list after he provided “reasonable grounds” for doing so.

The Canadian Government Bulletin published the text of changes to the provisions on anti-Russian sanctions, which exclude Anatoly Chubais from the list of persons prohibited from entering the country.

The text of the decision details that Chubais presented the Canadian Foreign Ministry with reasonable grounds for recommending that he be removed from the sanctions lists. Having examined them and consulted on the procedure with relevant departments and colleagues in other countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided that in order to adjust the “fair” course of sanctions, Chubais should be removed from there.

On August 13, the decision on this was received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the sanctions bureau, and on August 26 it was published, that is, it came into force. Now the ex-minister of the Yeltsin government is again allowed to enter the country and the opportunity to do business with Canadians.

“It is unknown whether Anatoly Borisovich Chubais will actually participate in any such transactions,” the Government Gazette of Canada clarifies.

Chubais was included in the sanctions list on June 13, 2025. The list expansion process is launched regularly and the lists are adjusted.

The newspaper publishes a form that allows you to submit your objections to inclusion in Canadian “blacklists.”

Anatoly Chubais headed Rusnano in 2008-2020. In 2022, shortly after the outbreak of hostilities against Ukraine, he moved to Israel. In 2023, Putin linked Chubais’s departure with the risk of a criminal case against him due to the “huge financial hole” in Rusnano. Chubais himself stated that he was “historically” in opposition to Putin, and called his departure from the Russian Federation “exile.” The case against the ex-management of Rusnano led to a series of criminal cases and sentences against Chubais’ former entourage.