Canada unveils new sanctions against Russia over Ukraine
The latest additions bring the number of Russians and Ukrainians facing sanctions to more than 100.
OTTAWA (AFP) - Canada unveiled a new round of sanctions Wednesday against Russian officials, banks and companies while vowing to curb oil sector technology exports over Moscow s support of rebels in Ukraine.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Russia s "continued illegal occupation of Ukraine s Crimean peninsula and its provocative military activity in eastern Ukraine remains a grave concern to Canada and the international community."
Named in this 11th round of economic sanctions and travel bans were top Russian security and intelligence officials, the president of Chechnya, and several businessmen.
The new sanctions also target several banks, Dobrolet Airlines, the United Shipbuilding Corporation, as well as Ukrainian separatist leaders and organizations.
The latest additions bring the total number of Russians and Ukrainians facing sanctions to more than 100.
Harper said Ottawa is "also committed to imposing the necessary regulations to enact export restrictions on technologies used in Russia s oil exploration and extraction sector."
"Those will be implemented in parallel with our allies," he said.
The sanctions were announced as Russia denied US and NATO claims that Moscow had sharply increased the number of troops along the border with Ukraine.
