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The Russian Federation uses Crimea as a military camp, so Canada imposes new sanctions - Trudeau (video)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stated that new restrictions will be concerned with four people and 29 organizations related to Russia's MIC, as well as its nuclear and financial sectors. Canada imposes additional sanctions against 29 organizations and four persons that are related to the military-industrial, financial and nuclear sectors of Russia. This was stated by the country's prime minister Justin Trudeau during an online export at the Crimean Platform summit.

According to him, these measures are intended to force the Russian Federation to leave the whole of Ukraine, including Crimea. Trudeau noted that Canada remains adamant in support of Ukraine. The country has already provided more than $ 8. 9 billion and will continue to assist.

The Prime Minister stressed that the prosperous democratic and stable Ukraine of the future requires working together to resolve regional security in order to ensure the benefit of the restoration and reconstruction of the country after the war, as well as to resolve violations of human rights and international law in Crimea, which continue through Russian occupation .

"Today Crimea continues to be used as a military camp from which Russia threatens not only the rest of Ukraine but also the wider Black Sea region. Peace, stability and prosperity, which most of the world knew for over 75 years, ended because of the brutal choice of Putin. intimidation and repression, including arbitrary arrests, violent disappearances and torture, " - said Trudeau.

He added that the Kremlin continues to destroy the cultural heritage of the peninsula, trying to rewrite its history. According to the European Council, the EU sanctions are in force on almost 1800 individuals and legal entities whose actions undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.

Among the individuals of the Russian Federation Volodymyr Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, members of the National Security Council, Yevhen Prigogin and commanders of the Wagner group, oligarchs, propagandists, persons responsible or involved in the atrocities in Bucha and Mariupol others.

The list of organizations includes banks and financial institutions, enterprises of the military and defense complex, aviation, shipbuilding and machine -building industries, political parties, media engaged in propaganda and misinformation. 300 billion euros of the Central Bank of Russia's assets are now blocked in EU and G7 countries. Since February last year, the EU has banned the export of goods to Russia in the amount of more than € 43. 9 billion and imports of goods worth € 91. 2 billion.

This means that 49% of exports and 58% of imports are currently under sanctions compared to 2021. We will remind, on July 20, the Government of Canada announced the imposition of sanctions against organizations related to the military-industrial complex of Russia, in particular important military figures that were active in Africa and in Ukraine, persons related to the Russian nuclear sector, government organizations , cultural figures.