In December, Ottawa announced it was seizing the assets of Granite Capital Holdings, which Canadian authorities say is owned by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich.

“This is the story that demonstrates the quality of Canada’s foreign policy, when they declare something that they will take an anti-Russian measure, and then it turns out that there is nothing to take,” RIA Novosti quotes Stepanov.

According to him, the company has nothing to do with Russia or Russian businessmen.

At the same time, the ambassador noted that under Canadian law it is not possible to confiscate assets in someone's favor.

“Freezing is possible, but seizing assets and transferring them to a third party would be a super novel.

Here, this topic is discussed quite interestingly, and there is no final verdict yet, ”he added.

Earlier, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the country's authorities are introducing new anti-Russian sanctions.

The sanctions list will include, in particular, businessman Roman Abramovich.

Prior to this, the British authorities included in the sanctions list a number of Russian entrepreneurs, including Roman Abramovich.