Moldova is Canada’s latest sanctions target in bid to ‘undermine’ Russia ties
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Amid the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine, Canada has announced new sanctions targeting Moldovan oligarchs, business people and politicians due their collaboration with Moscow.
As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, Canada has announced new sanctions targeting Moldovan oligarchs, business people and politicians due to their collaboration with Moscow.
Global Affairs Canada said in a statement Thursday that seven individuals and one political party in the former Soviet nation were being sanctioned in response to Russia’s “ongoing war of aggression” against Ukraine.
These are the first sanctions coming from Canada against Russian collaborators in Moldova, the government said.
This comes following a commitment made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a visit by Moldovan President Maia Sandu to Canada last month, the GAC statement added.
“As Russia threatens to leverage its presence on Moldovan territory to draw the country into the war of aggression against Ukraine, these new sanctions will undermine Russia’s efforts to restrain Moldova’s national government from exercising full sovereignty over its territory.”
Among those being sanctioned are Moldovan politician Ilan Mironovich Shor and his populist Shor Party, which has worked to destabilize Moldova’s democratically-elected government in favour of Russia, GAC said.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine last February, Canada has sanctioned more than 1,900 individuals and entities from and in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, according to the federal government.
In addition, Ottawa has also committed to more than $8 billion in financial, military, humanitarian, development and immigration assistance for Ukraine.
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