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Canada expands sanctions on Russia

Canada expanded the Russian sanctions list by another 38 names, and also added 16 legal entities to it, which, according to Ottawa, are associated "with Russian propaganda." This is stated on Friday in a document posted on the website of the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In particular, the list includes VGTRK host Sergey Brilev, VGTRK war correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny, deputy editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group Dmitry Gornostaev, editor-in-chief of the NTV Information Service Tatyana Mitkova, deputy general director of OAO Kommersant Andrey Kolesnikov*, journalist Andrey Norkin Andrey Bystritsky, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai International Discussion Club, and journalists Valeriya Kalabayeva and Alena Chugulyova.

Artist and showman Mikhail Galustyan, singer Victoria Daineko, actor Dmitry Dyuzhev, singer Larisa Dolina, musician Igor Butman, actor Maxim Averin, TV presenter Dana Borisova, singers Alexander Buynov, Alexander Marshal, Nikolay Rastorguev and Dima Bilan, actor Marat Basharov, fell under the restriction. and State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein.

Restrictions from Canada will also affect the honorary chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Sergei Karaganov, rock musician Sergei Bobunts, director of the NewsFront media group Evgeny Glotov, founder of the Public Committee for the Detection of Foreign Intervention Alexander Ionov, CEO and founder of the news agency Nina Dorokhova and Anastasia Kirillova.

In addition, the lists included the Russia Today media group, the RIA Novosti agency, the Tsargrad publication, the Russkiy Mir Foundation, the A.M. Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Support Fund, the Southern Front news agency, the electronic publication Strategic Culture Foundation, New Eastern Outlook, Geopolitics, Tuning Fork, Katehon analytical portal, Internet Research Agency, Oriental Review, as well as the United World International resource and the Foundation for Combating repression”, which, according to Ottawa, are associated with businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin.

*An individual acting as a foreign agent.

Canada expands sanctions on Russia