Canada has announced fresh economic sanctions on three Russian individuals as well as 14 legal entities over what it calls Moscow’s support for militia forces in eastern Ukraine.
According to Press TV, the latest sanctions target Russian energy giants Gazprom and Gazprom Neft, as well as state-owned oil and gas company Surgutneftegaz, and oil pipeline company Transneft.
Alexander Dugin, Pavel Kanishchev and Andrei Kovalenko, who are leaders of the Eurasian Youth Union political organization, have also been hit with travel bans.
The Conservative Canadian government also introduced a ban on the import and export of commodities from Crimea, a strategic peninsula jutting …read more
Source: Iran English Radio
