(Ottawa) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Defense Minister Anita Anand are among the Canadians who have been banned from Russia.
Posted at 1:02 p.m.
Updated at 1:19 p.m.
They are on a list of banned foreigners on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website.
Canada added 15 names on Tuesday to its own sanctions list against Vladimir Putin’s regime and its allies in the deadly invasion of Ukraine, which includes more than 900 influential Russian, Ukrainian politicians, military officers and business leaders. and Belarusians.
Russia is now responding to these sanctions by banning more than 300 Canadians from entering Russia, including Mr. Trudeau, Mr.me Joly, Chief of the Defense Staff Wayne Eyre and almost all Canadian MPs.