Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/TORONTO: Canada has imposed fresh sanctions on 38 individuals and 16 entities it said have been “complicit in peddling Russian disinformation and propaganda”, prompting quick retaliation from Moscow.
The Canadian foreign ministry said that the individuals targeted and entities include Russian state-owned media groups MIA Rossiya Segodnya and singer Nikolai Baskov, who performed in a pro-war concert in Moscow.
It said, “President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has been based on lies and deceptions. Russian disinformation operations enlisted celebrities and so-called news organizations to echo Kremlin’s talking point and attempt to justify the atrocities across Ukraine.”
Canada’s most global supporters
Canada, one of Ukraine’s most vocal global supporters, has so far imposed sanctions on almost 4,000 citizens and entities of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine since 2014.
Oleg Stepanov, Russia’s ambassador to Canada, said Russia could reciprocate the sanctions.
