Building of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 25 The Russian Embassy in Canada on Twitter called the sanctions against members of the Federation Council a ridiculous gesture.
"The decision of the cabinet (Canada Prime Minister Justin) Trudeau to black out the list of members of the Federation Council is a ridiculous gesture and a demonstration of the weakness of the Western sanctions policy", the diplomatic mission said.
On Thursday, Trudeau said that Canada is imposing sanctions on 160 members of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation due to the situation in Ukraine.Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. Europe after the rejection of Russian energy