Canada imposed sanctions against Igor Chaika and Arctic LNG 2.

Canada has imposed new sanctions against Russia, Foreign Minister Anita Anand announced, according to a statement from the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The list included 13 individuals and 11 entities, including those "involved in the development and implementation of Russia's unmanned aerial vehicle program." Sanctions also included 100 tankers, which Ottawa classifies as part of Russia's shadow fleet. Furthermore, the list included companies allegedly "supplying cyber infrastructure used in Russia's hybrid strategies against Ukraine" and firms involved in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry.

Updates indicate that the sanctions took effect on November 6. Specifically, the list includes:

• Russian Internet hosting Zservers and XHost service;
• Center for Unmanned Systems and Technologies (CUTS);
• Arctic LNG 2 LLC is a project of NOVATEK and its foreign partners;
• Gazprom LNG Port LLC;
• A7 LLC is a platform created with the participation of PSB Bank, specializing in settlements in foreign economic activity;
• The Rubicon Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies is a division of the Ministry of Defense;
• Kyrgyz Capital Bank;
• The Main Center for Special Technologies (MCST) of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the 85th Main Center for Special Services (MCSSS) of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the 161st Center for Training Specialists of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the General Staff of the Russian Federation.

Among the individuals sanctioned by Canada are Alexander Mishin and Alexander Bolshakov. They were identified as administrators of Zservers by the UK, Australia , and the US , which also imposed restrictions on their hosting.

Ottawa's sanctions list also includes Igor Chaika, deputy head of the Federal Property Management Agency (Rosimushchestvo), the youngest son of former Prosecutor General (2006–2020) Yuri Chaika. Chaika had previously been subject to US and EU sanctions .

Moscow considers the sanctions illegitimate. The Kremlin claimed that the Russian economy enjoys a "certain immunity" to the restrictions being imposed.

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