“The answer will be, we always act on the principle of reciprocity - symmetrically, asymmetrically, but we will respond to every unfriendly action that we look with regret on the part of the current Canadian authorities,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
On February 3, Canada imposed sanctions against the Rossiya Segodnya media group.
Restrictions were also introduced against a number of Russian artists, journalists and politicians.
The sanctions list includes singers Nikolai Baskov, Oleg Gazmanov, Polina Gagarina, Dima Bilan, Alexander Marshal, Nadezhda Babkina, Alexander Buynov, Irina Allegrova.