Canada sanctions 63 Russian individuals and organisations

The Canadian government has announced sanctions against 63 Russian individuals and legal entities on the occasion of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit.

Source: European Pravda, referring to a press conference held by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following talks with Zelenskyy

Details: Trudeau said the sanctioned individuals were "complicit in the kidnapping of children, and the spreading of disinformation", as well as Russian nuclear programmes.

According to information on the Canadian foreign ministry’s website, the sanctions entered into force on 20 September.

The list includes the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and its rector Anatoly Torkunov, and the media outlets Vzglyad and Komsomolskaya Pravda (the latter is unofficially known as Putin's favourite newspaper).

Canada's new restrictions also apply to the Higher School of Economics, the Russian youth organisations Youth Army, Young Guard and "Movement of the First"; several so-called think tanks - the Valdai Discussion Club, the Russian International Affairs Council, and the Council for Foreign and Defence Policy; and the Russian Geographical Society, which is headed by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Among the individuals on the list are Minister of Labour Anton Kotyakov and Yevgeny Primakov, Head of Rossotrudnichestvo (the Federal Agency for Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation).

Earlier, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed an updated free trade agreement between the two states.

Canada has also prepared a new military assistance package for Ukraine worth almost US$483 million and will join the coalition of countries working to help train Ukrainians on F-16 fighter jets.

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