Canada announces sanctions against 33 Russian defense companies

Previously, Canada has already introduced restrictions against Russian enterprises, businessmen, banks, transport companies and officials.The Kremlin called the sanctions pressure of the West "gangsterism" Melanie Jolie

Canada is imposing sanctions on 33 more Russian companies associated with the defense industry. This was stated by the head of the Canadian Foreign Ministry Melanie Jolie.

“New measures are being introduced against 33 companies from the Russian defense sector. These companies directly or indirectly supported the Russian armed forces,” the minister said in a statement posted on the Foreign Ministry’s website.

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The report notes that Canada has tightened sanctions after what happened in the city of Bucha, Kyiv region, photographs of which were published by the Ukrainian authorities and foreign media.

In early April, the Ukrainian authorities and Western media, including Reuters and AFP, published photos and videos from the city of Bucha (Kyiv region), which showed corpses on the streets. The Russian Defense Ministry called these materials a provocation. The department claims that the Russian military left Bucha on March 30, and during the time that the city is under their control, not a single local resident was injured.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the purpose of publishing footage from Bucha to disrupt the negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv. Later, the head of the department, Sergei Lavrov, said that the Ukrainian side tried to interrupt the negotiations after the publication of a "fake about the city of Bucha."

The website of the Canadian Foreign Office provides a list of 33 companies against which sanctions are imposed, the date of compilation is April 8. It mentions, in particular, the Central Research Institute of Automation and Hydraulics, the Izhmash company - unmanned systems, the Salavat chemical enterprise, the Avangard electronics developer, the Kvant rocket and space industry enterprise, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT, or Fiztekh ), the developer of electronic chips "Baikal Electronics", the research and production enterprise "Zvezda", the shipbuilding plant "Vympel" and others.

The Canadian Foreign Ministry notes that since 2014, after Crimea became part of Russia, Ottawa has imposed sanctions against more than 1.1 thousand Russians and companies from this country. Many sanctions were adopted in coordination with allies and foreign partners.

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Canadian sanctions include asset freezes for companies and entry bans for individuals.

Many countries around the world began to tighten sanctions against Russia since the end of February. Among those who have already introduced and expanded restrictions several times are the United States , Great Britain, Japan and the European Union, which has already introduced five packages of sanctions since the end of winter, even extending them to coal supplies.

President Vladimir Putin , ministers and deputies were also subjected to sanctions prosecution .

In addition to the ban on entry and freezing of assets, the sanctions of many countries include a ban on the supply of goods, primarily high-tech and luxury goods, to Russia, as well as imports from it. The countries of the world have begun to refuse from Russian energy carriers.

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Canada first announced the tightening of sanctions against Russia on February 23, and on February 25 named the companies that fall under the sanctions. Then the list included, in particular, Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Alfa-Bank, Roseximbank, Otkritie, Sovcombank, Genbank, Gazprom, Russian Railways, Gazpromneft, Transneft, ALROSA, the United Aircraft Corporation, the company " Tactical Missiles”, the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank and the National Welfare Fund.

Then, on March 11, the Canadian sanctions list was replenished with five Russians and 32 more agencies. It included, in particular, businessmen Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov, head of the Russian Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova, the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the Sukhoi company, the Irkut corporation, Rosoboronexport and others.

At the end of March, Canada announced sanctions against 160 members of the Federation Council, and at the beginning of April, another nine Russians: the head of Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin, the head of NOVATEK Leonid Mikhelson, the founder of the Renova group Viktor Vekselberg, the shareholder of Sibur Kirill Shamalov, ex - Head of the Board of Directors of TMK Dmitry Pumpyansky and his wife Galina Pumpyanskaya, the main owner of Rusagro Vadim Moshkovich, the head of the Marathon Group company Alexander Vinokurov and the head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Igor Kostyukov.

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Russia recognized the seriousness of the sanctions, but announced the adoption of measures to support the national economy in the face of sanctions pressure and spoke of the sanctions as an illegal tool.

In particular, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov called the sanctions against Russian businessmen "banditry at the international level", and against the head of state - "crossing the line of rationality." Blocking the assets of Russian business abroad in the Kremlin was considered "a robbery in the Wild West with the help of Smith and Wesson."

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Moscow also refused to accept that the Russian economy is experiencing difficulties because of the sanctions. According to the Kremlin spokesman, at the same time, there were opportunities for development and greater independence, and the establishment of new industries. The government, in turn, announced the preparation of a broad plan to support the country's economy.

At the same time, the Kremlin promised that Russia would definitely respond to the restrictions. “These sanctions are a continuation of a completely frantic line on the introduction of various restrictions. <...> Russia will definitely respond and will do it as it sees fit,” Peskov said on April 7.