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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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