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Russia bans Canadian senators in latest 'counter' sanctions

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Russia has banned most Canadian senators from entering the country, in its latest volley of counter sanctions.

posted on the Russian foreign ministry's website, 86 of the current 90 senators are now on the 鈥渟top list鈥 or 鈥渂lack list鈥 of foreigners that will be denied entry to the Russian Federation. Russia also added one former member of the upper chamber, Sen. Diane Griffin, to the list, totaling 87. Of the four current senators not on Russia鈥檚 latest list, one of them, Sen. Percy Downe, acknowledged he鈥檇 already been banned.

鈥淲elcome Fellow Senators. Have been on this list/barred from Russia since 2017 when I supported the passing of the #MagnitskyAct. I think my speech 鈥榯hat the current Russian government was a criminal organization masquerading as a government鈥 was the tipping point,鈥

Sen. Tony Dean was also absent from the list, he told 麻豆影视 that he'd be "writing to complain immediately."

The embassy鈥檚 statement indicates sanctioning the vast majority of the Senate鈥檚 representatives is being done 鈥渙n the basis of reciprocity,鈥 over Canada鈥檚 鈥渉ostile鈥 Russian sanctions.

The Canadian government has been imposing sanctions on an ongoing basis on a wide list of top Russian government and military officials as well as on wealthy and influential oligarchs in an effort to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his attacks on Ukraine.

In March, Russia sanctioned hundreds of MPs and other Canadians including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and Defence Minister Anita Anand, in retaliation for supporting Ukraine. 

Russia is warning that further counter-sanctions 鈥渁re planned,鈥 including expanding its 鈥渟top list.鈥

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