Canada mentioned that it’s going to reply to each unfriendly motion from the present Canadian authorities.

Toronto:

Canada on Friday imposed sanctions on 38 people and 16 entities it mentioned have been “complicit in peddling Russian disinformation and propaganda”, prompting a fast promise of retaliation from Moscow.

The focused people and entities embody Russian state-owned media group MIA Rossiya Segodnya and singer Nikolai Baskov, who carried out in a pro-war live performance in Moscow, the international ministry mentioned in a press release.

“President Vladimir Putin’s warfare in Ukraine is predicated on lies and deception. Russian disinformation operations have enlisted celebrities and so-called information organizations to echo the Kremlin’s speaking factors and try to justify the atrocities taking place throughout Ukraine,” it mentioned.

Canada, one of the vital vocal worldwide supporters of Ukraine, has imposed sanctions on nearly 4,000 folks and entities from and in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus since 2014.

Oleg Stepanov, Russia’s ambassador to Canada, mentioned Moscow would react to the sanctions in a reciprocal vogue.

“We are going to reply to each unfriendly motion from the present Canadian authorities, which we glance upon with remorse,” he advised Russia’s RIA information company.

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