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The Canadian government announced this Friday sanctions against

Patriarch Cyril

and 29 other people and 15 institutions considered responsible for having supported

Russia

in its "unjustified" invasion of

Ukraine.

Along with the head of the

Russian Orthodox Church

are the spokespersons for the

Ministry of the Interior, Irina Volk,

and the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova,

and

Tigrán Khudaverdyán,

one of the former heads of the

Yandex search engine,

known as the

Russian Google.

The list, which considers those involved "disinformation agents", includes the oligarch

Alexander Lebedev,

a billionaire and former agent of the former

KGB intelligence agency,

Canadian Foreign Minister

Mélanie Joly

said at the G20 ministers' summit in

bali.

Among the 15 companies affected since this Friday are the

RT

and

Sputnik channels;

the Russian communications regulator,

Roskomnadzor;

the communication group

Gazprom Media;

the TASS

news agency;

and state television

VGTRK.

"The Russian propaganda machine must answer for its lies.

Canada

is committed to fighting disinformation wherever it is found. Today we tell those who seek deception that they will be held accountable,"

Joly

said in a statement released by his cabinet .

.

The Canadian Executive recalled that since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, his country has issued sanctions against more than 1,150 companies and individuals from or in

Russia, Ukraine and Belarus,

many of which have been taken in coordination with allied countries.

These sanctions include those announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G7 leaders' summit in

Elmau (Germany) at the end of June and seek to counteract the "

Kremlin

's disinformation campaign ."

In addition,

Canada

has banned the arrival of certain gold imports from Russia and has created a website to demonstrate with facts "how the Russian regime is using lies to justify its illegal, unjustified and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine."

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