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OTTAWA, March 19. /TASS/. Canada’s government has imposed additional economic sanctions on Russia, Foreign Minister Stephane Dion said on Friday.
He said this decision was passed in support to extensive international effort towards a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis. In his words, the sanctions will stay in place until Russia fully implements its liabilities under the Minsk agreements.
Canada’s black list was supplemented with ten more legal entities and two individuals.
Russian oil majors Gazprom, Gazprom Neft, Surgutneftegaz and Transneft were included into the extended sanction list of Canada, the Canadian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.