Canada adds Crimean officials to anti–Russian sanctions list

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (PRIME) – Canada has added 15 people, including 6 deputies of the Russian parliament’s lower chamber State Duma from Crimea, to its anti-Russian sanctions list, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement late on Monday.

“In order to maintain the necessary pressure on Russia until it fully complies with its international obligations with respect to Ukraine, the Special Economic Measures Regulations have been amended to list 15 additional separatist individuals, including six members of Russia’s State Duma from Crimea, who are subject to an asset freeze and dealings prohibition,” the statement read.

“These sanctions are in response to the September 18 election of officials residing in Crimea to Russia’s State Duma. Canada does not support the legitimacy or the outcome of these elections held in the occupied Crimean peninsula, as it has never recognized Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.”

Earlier in November, the U.S. Department of the Treasury introduced sanctions against six State Duma deputies, who represented Crimea – Ruslan Balbek, Konstantin Bakharev, Andrei Kozenko, Svetlana Savchenko, Pavel Shrepov, and Dmitry Belik.

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