Expansion without warming

The Canadian government has expanded the sanctions list against Russia. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country.

"Today's steps support wider international efforts aimed at finding a diplomatic decision of the crisis in Ukraine," said Canadian Foreign Minister Stefan Dion. He emphasized that the sanctions will not be lifted until "until Russia fully fulfills its obligations under the Minsk agreements."

The expanded sanctions list of Canada includes the “Investment Republican Bank”, “Moscow Regional Bank”, Volgogradneftemash OJSC, Izhevsk Mechanical Plant JSC, IZHMASH JSC, Techno -DemoSport JSC, Technodynamics Holding JSC, Tekhmash JSC, and Schwabab Kolding JSC.

The list also includes two individuals - Eduard Ioffe and Alexander Omelchenko. The website of the Kalashnikov concern states that Ioffe holds the post of deputy general director for commercial issues, and Omelchenko - the director of sales for export.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that new sanctions would not remain unanswered. "Contrary to the statements of the new government of Justin Trudeau about the desire to act in the international arena in the spirit of cooperation , Ottawa continued the injury of negativity," the press of information says. "The New Canadian authorities had a chance to overcome the dead end situation in a bilateral dialogue, which remained inherited from the previous leadership. Unfortunately, they did not take advantage It is taken into account.

On March 17, 2014, Canada in connection with the Russian annexation of Crimea imposed sanctions against seven Russian and three Crimean officials . Their assets in the country were frozen, entry into Canada is prohibited. In May of that year , Canada imposed sanctions against 16 Russian companies and banks .

In the future, Canadian sanctions lists have repeatedly expanded. The last time additional sanctions were imposed in June 2015 . By announcing this, Prime Minister Stephen Harper emphasized: "Until the real world comes, until the occupation forces are allotted until the sovereignty of Ukraine is restored by its entire territory - President Putin must face new consequences."