Canada imposed sanctions against Uralsib, Rosbank and Interros

Canada imposed sanctions against 29 legal entities and four individuals, including Severstal, Interros Invest, general director of the Kalashnikov concern Lepin and rector of RANEPA Komissarov. Moscow considers sanctions illegal

Canada has added four Russian banks to the sanctions list; the list is published on the website of the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ottawa's sanctions included:

Uralsib Bank; Zenit Bank; Rosbank; All-Russian Regional Development Bank; Interros holding.

Also subject to sanctions were the Severstal company, the Kurchatov Institute Research Center, the Experimental Design Bureau named after A.S. Yakovlev”, “Interros Invest” (total 29 legal entities).

Sanctions were also imposed against the head of the 106th training center named after. IN AND. Kazakov, Colonel Sergei Muchkaev, General Director of the Radioelectronic Technologies Concern Nikolai Kolesov, General Director of the Kalashnikov Concern Vladimir Lepin, as well as Rector of RANEPA Alexey Komissarov.

In total, Canada’s sanctions list includes 1,319 individuals and 448 legal entities from Russia.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau previously announced that Canada intends to impose sanctions against 33 legal entities and individuals from Russia. The measures, he said, are designed to convince Russia to leave the territory of Ukraine.

Western countries began to tighten sanctions against Russia and introduce new restrictions from the end of February 2022 - after the start of a special military operation in Ukraine . Canada has since repeatedly announced new sanctions and tightened existing measures.

Moscow considers the sanctions illegal. President Vladimir Putin called them “crazy” and “mindless” and noted that they were unable to have a serious impact on the country.