The ban aligns with similar measures imposed by allies such as the United States and the European Union.
Canada announced Friday a ban on trade in luxury goods with Russia, and added 14 more Russian oligarchs and other associates of President Vladimir Putin to its sanctions list imposed over the invasion of Ukraine.
The ban aligns with similar measures imposed by allies such as the United States and the European Union, and “will help to mitigate the potential for Russian oligarchs to circumvent restrictions in other luxury goods markets,” the government said.
Also read: Watch | Bilawal defends Imran Khan’s Russia visit, says: ‘No one has a 6th sense’
It covers Canadian exports of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, some textile products and sportswear, footwear, luxury clothing and accessories, jewelry, kitchenware, and art, as well as imports from Russia of alcoholic beverages, seafood, fish and diamonds.
These represented Can$76 million (US$59 million) worth of goods in 2021, according to trade figures.
The government also announced sanctions against Russian oligarchs and their family members and close associates of Putin, and restrictions on exports to Russia of “goods that could be used in the production and manufacture of weapons.”
Also read: Zelensky slams Russia over ‘deliberate attempt to kill as many as possible’
Canada has slapped sanctions on more than 1,000 individuals and entities from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine started on February 24.
Less time to read?
Try Quickreads
-
UN rights chief to visit China next week, travel to Xinjiang
The UN human rights Michelle Bachelet’s six-day China visit — the first since 2005 — beginning Monday will include a trip to the northwestern Chinese province of Xinjiang, where China has been accused of human rights violations. Bachelet will be in China between May 23 and 28 during which she will visit Urumqi and Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and the southern province of Guangzhou.
-
Russia to cut gas to Finland, days after Nordic country applies for NATO seat
Russian supply of natural gas to Finland will be cut on Saturday morning, Finnish and Russian energy companies said Friday, after the Nordic country refused to pay supplier Gazprom in rubles. Gazprom Export, the exporting arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom, said it had not received payment for gas supplied in April and would therefore halt deliveries from Saturday. Gazprom Export said it would defend its interests in court by any “means available”.
-
India sends another consignment of food, medicines to crisis-hit Sri Lanka
India has sent additional aide to economic crisis-hit neighbour Sri Lanka which will reach Colombo on Sunday, the Indian high commission in Sri Lanka tweeted. “People of #India, standing by their brethren in #SriLanka. Rice, milk powder and medicines worth more than SLR 2billion is scheduled to reach #Colombo on Sunday. The consignment was flagged off from #Chennai by CM of Tamil Nadu @mkstalin on Wednesday,” the Indian mission posted on its Twitter handle.
-
Elon Musk visits Brazil’s Bolsonaro to discuss Amazon rainforest plans
Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer Elon Musk met with Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday to discuss connectivity and other projects in the Amazon rainforest. Read: Twitter board says it plans to ‘enforce’ Musk merger agreement Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has surged under Bolsonaro, reaching its highest annual rate in more than a decade, according to official data from the national space agency.
-
UN rights chief to visit China on May 23, may stop at Xinjiang amid abuse claims
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will embark on a visit to China next week – from May 23 to May 28. As part of the visit, Bachelet’s is scheduled to visit Guangzhou, Kashgar and the Xinjiang regional capital of Urumqi from where multiple reports of abuses of Uighur Muslims continue to surface.