Building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. File photoMOSCOW, April 28The Russian Foreign Ministry has published a list of Canadian citizens who are permanently banned from entering Russia. basis,» the message says. The list includes Canadian citizens who are now under personal sanctions, including a ban on entry into Russia, 592 people. Among them are senators of the Parliament of Canada, members of the House of Commons of Parliament from the Liberal and Conservative parties, publicists, Mayor of Ottawa Jim Watson, Mayor of Toronto John Tory, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti, former Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and others. on the Russian side, such sanctions are imposed by force and solely in response to the hostile actions of the Canadian leadership.Russia strives for mutually respectful and good-neighbourly relations with the Canadian people, calling on the authorities in Ottawa to abandon the Russophobic course that deprives the country of independence in foreign policy and does not meet its national interests,» the Foreign Ministry added.
