The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing additional sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations.
Canada's new measures further increase the economic costs on Russia for its unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine by targeting its energy revenues and financial enablers, while also degrading its conventional and hybrid military capabilities.
The sanctions list 13 individuals and 11 entities, including several involved in the development and deployment of Russia's drone program. Canada remains a leader in targeting the military technologies Russia is relying on in its efforts to gain a battlefield advantage against Ukraine.
For the first time, Canada has also sanctioned entities that supply the cyber infrastructure used in Russian hybrid strategies against Ukraine. Several Russian liquified natural gas entities were also sanctioned as Russia continues to rely on energy revenues to fund its war of aggression against Ukraine. These sanctions also list 100 vessels from Russia's shadow fleet.
The measures are a direct response to Ukraine's priorities and support ongoing efforts by the G7 to ramp-up economic pressure on Russia to end its war and are in broad alignment with sanctions recently announced by the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom.
