Russia's riposte to Canadian sanctions

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 08 Jun 2021 by Alex Teddy

On June 7 Moscow imposed sanctions on 9 Canadian officials. They are government ministers and security chiefs. This was in response to Canada's sanctioning of Russian officials over the Navalny case. The 9 Canadians are forbidden to enter Russia indefinitely.The surprising thing is that it took two and a half months for Russia to do this. Neither side seems to wish to escalate the row.

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