The sanctions list also includes the sons of Nikolai Patrushev, Sergei Kiriyenko and Sergei Chemezov
Canada published sanctions list against Russia. It, among other things, included Russian businessmen Boris Rotenberg, Yevgeny Prigozhin, representative of the President of Russia Sergei Ivanov, as well as their children.
The government of Canada explained the sanctions as a “serious violation of international peace and security” by Russia. In total, the sanctions list includes 33 names, including Valentina and Pavel Prigozhin (children of Yevgeny Prigozhin), Roman and Boris Rotenberg (children of Boris and Arkady Rotenberg), Sergei Ivanov (son of Sergei Ivanov) and Ivan Sechin (son of the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin).
In addition, the son of the director of the FSB of Russia, Nikolai Patrushev, Andrei, the son of the general director of Rostec, Sergei Chemezov, Stanislav, as well as the general director of the VK group, Vladimir Kiriyenko, the son of the deputy head of the presidential administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, and others, were included in the sanctions list.
Canada also imposed sanctions on Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Gazprom, Russian Railways, Transneft, ALROSA, RusHydro, Rostelecom, RDIF, Sberbank, VTB and other key Russian companies and financial institutions.
Canada’s first package of sanctions was announced on February 23, in connection with Russia’s recognition of the independence of the DNR and LNR. They touched upon the deputies who supported the recognition of the independence of the republics of Donbass. In addition, Canadians were banned from financial transactions with the republics.
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On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR, as well as agreements with their heads on friendship, cooperation and mutual understanding. He explained this step by Kiev’s refusal to comply with the Minsk agreements. A few days later, on the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine. Putin called it a necessary measure, since Moscow “was left no chance to do otherwise.”
After that, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky introduced martial law in the country, announced the mobilization and severance of diplomatic relations with Moscow. On the night of February 25, he also announced his readiness to discuss Ukraine’s neutral status with Russia.
Many countries condemned Russia’s military operation and imposed sanctions against the country. Among them: the USA, the European Union, Great Britain, Australia, Taiwan and Japan.
As Finance Minister Anton Siluanov noted back in February, Russia has already developed a plan to minimize the consequences of sanctions. A ban on banks’ access to dollar funding and restrictions on access to global payment systems would be “unpleasant, but not fatal,” the minister said. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin also said at a meeting of the Russian Security Council on February 21 that the government had been preparing for possible sanctions for many months.
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