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Canadian authorities have imposed sanctions against 27 Russian financial institutions in connection with the start of a military operation in Ukraine. The list includes, in particular, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Alfa-Bank, Roseximbank, Otkritie, Sovcombank, Genbank and others.
In addition, sanctions have been imposed against Gazprom, Russian Railways, Gazpromneft, Transneft, ALROSA, the United Aircraft Corporation, and Tactical Missiles.
In total, 382 Russian citizens and 32 legal entities were included in the Canadian sanctions lists. The lists of citizens of the Russian Federation, in particular, include the head of Sberbank German Gref, the chairman of VEB.RF Igor Shuvalov, businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin and members of his family, as well as the children of Arkady Rotenberg – Lilia, Pavel and the sons of Boris Rotenberg – Boris and Roman. In addition, Canada imposed sanctions against the son of the director of the FSB of Russia, Alexander Bortnikov, Denis, the son of the first deputy head of the presidential administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, Vladimir, and the chairman of Promsvyazbank, Pyotr Fradkov.
In addition, 351 deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation were included in the list for the fact that parliamentarians supported the recognition of the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. Among them are Gennady Zyuganov, Sergei Boyarsky, Irina Rodnina, Vyacheslav Fetisov.
Early Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in the Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia,” adding that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.”
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Source: Rosbalt
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