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Russia, Canada in tit-for-tat diplomatic tussle
A diplomatic back-and-forth is currently brewing between Russia and Canada over the death of Sergei Magnitsky in 2009 while he was in prison after alleging state tax fraud.
Russian officials say retaliatory measures are underway after Canada imposed sanctions on 30 Russian officials describing the move as “senseless and reprehensible”.
According to spokesman for the Russian diplomatic mission, Kirill Kalinin, in Ottawa, retaliatory actions against Canadians had already been set in motion.
“Canada’s decision on extending anti-Russian sanctions under a false pretext of a hypocritical protection of human rights is absolutely senseless and reprehensible,” said Kalinin.
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Ottawa’s move “is isolating itself from one of the key global powers” and “pushes Canada’s foreign policy back to the narrow black-and-white world view, incompatible with modern geopolitics”, he added..
“Dozens of Canadians” have now been barred from entering Russia in response, Kalinin said, without specifying who would be affected.
Last month, Canada passed a Sergei Magnitsky Law, which targets Russian officials for human rights violations. Ottawa followed the Magnitsky Act passed by the US that led to sanctions on more than 40 Russian officials.
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