The Russian government has sent a clear message to Canada: If you want us to drop sanctions against your new foreign affairs minister, you must return the favor. Canada sent a clearer message in response: No.
In a statement to RIA-Novosti, a state-run broadcaster seen as a Kremlin mouthpiece, an unnamed source from the Russian Foreign Ministry said that dropping a travel ban against newly-appointed Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, in place since 2014, would be a matter of “reciprocity.”
“She has been under sanctions since 2014, it is no secret. She was included in the sanctions list as a response measure, …read more
Source: VICE News
