Ottawa, May 31, 2022 (AFP) – Canada on Tuesday added Russian President Vladimir Putin’s supposed girlfriend, 21 Russian government officials and four financial institutions to its growing list of sanctions for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“We are targeting banks, oligarchs close to the Putin regime and her, I don’t know how to say it, comrade,” Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told reporters in Ottawa, referring to former gymnast Alina Kabaeva.
The targets of the sanctions, which include Kabaeva, as well as the Russian Ziraat Bank, Investtradebank and two fund management companies, could freeze their assets under Canada’s jurisdiction and be barred from entering the country.
When the media first surfaced this information in 2008, Putin denied having a romantic relationship with Kabaeva.
Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 1,050 individuals and entities in Russia and Belarus.
source: Noticias
