Since the end of February, many Western countries have begun to introduce new sanctions against Russia. As pointed out by the agency BloombergRussia surpassed Iran, Syria and North Korea in terms of the number of sanctions imposed against the country and became the world leader in this list.
Canada, in particular, closed its airspace to Russian airlines and banned Russian ships and fishing boats from entering its ports or inland waters. Canadian banks have been banned from doing anything with Russia’s central bank, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the country will soon stop accepting crude oil supplies from Russia.
In addition, the restrictions affected Russian officials, media workers and businessmen. Canada also imposed sanctions against Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Gazprom, Russian Railways, Transneft, ALROSA, RusHydro, Rostelecom, RDIF and other key Russian companies and financial institutions.
Russia responded by including 313 Canadian citizens on its own sanctions list, including the heads of government, the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Defense of this country.
