Canada has joined the US in personalising punishments against Russia over the Ukraine conflict, by imposing new sanctions on President Vladimir Putin’s immediate family members
Ottawa’s latest sanctions target 14 individuals connected to the “Russian regime,” including Katerina and Maria, the president’s adult daughters. Both women are in their 30s and have no known positions in Russia’s government.
“These actions demonstrate that Canada will not relent in holding Russian President Vladimir Putin and his associates accountable for their complicity in the Russian regime’s invasion of Ukraine,” Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Tuesday in a statement.