Canada expands sanctions against Russia. (Canada will send 300 observers to Ukraine’s parliamentary elections)

 Canada is expanding its list of Russian individuals and companies to face sanctions in the midst of ongoing Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird.

Four more “senior Russian individuals” will be banned from travelling to Canada, Baird said. Another five Russian companies and one financial institution will be added to the list of those facing economic sanctions, he said.

Canada has hit Russian individuals and companies with sanctions in a series of announcements amidst Russia’s ongoing military aggression in Ukraine. The United States and other western nations have also imposed economic and other sanctions on Russia.

 In response, Russia has banned western agricultural imports for the next year.

• On Tuesday, Baird also announced that Canada will send 300 observers to Ukraine’s parliamentary elections next month, including a dozen Parliamentarians.

Baird’s announcement came hours before Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomes Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for his first official visit to Canada. Poroshenko will address Parliament on Wednesday afternoon during what Baird called “an historic visit.”
 http://www.ctvnews.ca
16/9/14
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