Canada is imposing sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov due to the escalation in Ukraine. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced this in a televised address, RIA Novosti reports.
“Canada announces our third set of harsh coordinated sanctions. First, we will impose sanctions on President Putin and other architects of this barbaric war,” the Canadian prime minister said.
Among the persons named by him was also the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov. In addition, Trudeau stressed, Canada is in favor of disconnecting Russia from the SWIFT payment system, “a critical part of the global banking system.”
In addition, the Canadian authorities will impose restrictive measures against the leadership of Belarus for allegedly helping the “Russian invasion” of Ukraine, he added. The sanctions will affect 57 people.
On Friday, the UK government imposed sanctions on Putin and Lavrov in light of the Russian operation in Ukraine. A similar move was later announced in the United States.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a military special operation to protect Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a draft law on general mobilization to the Verkhovna Rada.
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