Russia imposing sanctions against 61 Canadian citizens - Russian Foreign Ministry

MOSCOW. April 21 (Interfax) - Russia is imposing sanctions against 61 Canadian citizens, including top state officials, active and retired servicemen, representatives of the expert community and the media, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

"In response to the ongoing anti-Russian sanctions imposed by official Ottawa, including a ban on entry into Canada and other discriminatory measures against Russian officials, servicemen, experts and journalists, another group of Canadian citizens is included in the stop list on a permanent basis," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement published on its website.

"The said persons (61 people), including top state officials, active and retired servicemen, representatives of the expert community and leading media, directly involved in the development, substantiation and implementation of the Russophobic policies of Canada's ruling regime, are banned from entering the Russian Federation indefinitely," the report said.

"A new announcement is planned in the near future of a new expansion of the Russian stop list in retaliation to the hostile actions by the government of Canada, which supports the pro-Banderite regime in Kyiv," the report said.

"Russia will continue a principled stance that envisages resolute rebuff of the Russophobic actions by official Ottawa, including the supply of weapons and connivance with the sending of mercenaries to Ukraine. In this regard, we are warning the Canadian curators of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the nationalist battalions about liability for the war crimes committed by those under their care. Those guilty will definitely be held accountable," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Below is the list of Canadians affected by the Russian sanctions:

1. Cameron Ahmad, Director of Communications to the Prime Minister of Canada;

2. Steve Boivin, commander of the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, Major-General;

3. Jeremy Broadhurst, Senior Advisor for the Canadian Prime Minister's Office;

4. Shelly Bruce, Chief of the Communications Security Establishment of Canada;

5. Craig Baines, Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, Vice-Admiral;

6. Halyna Vynnyk, Head of the League of Ukrainian Canadian Women;

7. David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service;

8. Terry Glavin, publicist;

9. Balkan Devlen, employee of Macdonald-Laurier Institute;

10. Romeo Antonius Dallaire, senator of the Canadian parliament;

11. Ryan Deming, commander of the Trenton military base and the 8-Wing Canadian Forces Base Commander, Colonel;

12. Luc-Frederic Gilbert, task force commander of Operation UNIFIER in Ukraine;

13. John Ivison, publicist;

14. Matrine Irman, Chair of the Board for Export Development Canada;

15. Jason Kenny, Premier of Alberta;

16. Brian Clow, Deputy Chief of Staff - Office of the Prime Minister of Canada;

17. Dan Costello, Foreign and Defense Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada;

18. Frederick Cote, commander of Operation UNIFIER in April-October 2019;

19. Melanie Lake, commander of Operation UNIFIER in March-September 2021;

20. Shuvaloy Majumdar, employee of Macdonald-Laurier Institute;

21. Sabrina Maddeaux, publicist;

22. Mark MacKinnon, International Correspondent of the Globe and Mail newspaper;

23. Tiff Maclem, Governor of the Bank of Canada;

24. Roman Medyk, Buduchnist Credit Union Foundation Chair;

25. Michael Melling, general manager of CTV News;

26. Borys Mikhaylets, President of the Ukrainian League of Canada;

27. Scott Moe, Premier of Saskatchewan;

28. David Morrison, Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada and Personal Representative of the Prime Minister (Sherpa) in the G7 group;

29. Al Meinzinger, Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Lieutenant-General;

30. Ketty Nivyabandi, Secretary General at Amnesty International Canada;

31 Sandra Aube, Chief of Staff of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada;

32. Robert Auchterlonie, commander of the Canadian Joint Operations Command (CJOC), Vice-Admiral;

33. Mike Power, Chief of Staff to Minister of National Defense of Canada;

34. Alain Pelletier, Deputy Commander North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Lieutenant-General;

35. Robert "Bob" Rae, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York;

36. Michael Sabia, Deputy Minister of Finance of Canada;

37. Brian Santarpia, Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic, Rear-Admiral;

38. Jill Sinclair, Canadian Representative to the Ukraine Defense Reform Advisory Board at Department of National Defense;

39. Heather Stefanson, Premier of Manitoba;

40. Ryan Stimpson, commander of Operation UNIFIER in April-September 2020;

41. Michel-Henri St-Louis, Acting Commander Canadian Army, Major-General;

42. John Tory, Mayor of Toronto;

43. Patrick Travers, Senior Global Affairs Advisor at Office of the Prime Minister of Canada;

44. Jeffrey Toope, commander of Operation UNIFIER from October 2019 to April 2020;

45. Catherine Tait, President and Chief Executive Officer at CBC/Radio-Canada;

46. Katie Telford, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Canada;

47. David Walmsley, Editor-in-Chief of the Globe and Mail newspaper;

48. Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa;

49. Graham Flack, Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada;

50. Douglas Ford, Premier of Ontario;

51. David Allison Fraser, Major General of Canadian Forces (retired);

52. Michael Harris, publicist;

53. Tasha Kheiriddin, publicist;

54. Sarah Heer, commander of Operation UNIFIER from September 2020 to March 2021;

55. John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia;

56. Leslie Church, Chief of Staff of Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada;

57. Janice Charette, Acting Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet of Canada;

58. Richard Shimooka, employee of Macdonald-Laurier Institute;

59 Chris Ecklund, head of the project to recruit citizens of Canada as mercenaries for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (website: fightforukraine.ca);

60. Lloyd Norman Axworthy, Chair of the World Refugee and Migration Council;

61. Oz Jungic, Policy Advisor at the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada.