Canada imposed sanctions against Yandex Bank and Ozone Bank, military-industrial complex enterprises and representatives of the hacker group GRU.
Canada has expanded sanctions against Russia, including 38 organizations and 24 individuals on the sanctions list.
The restrictions included financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges, defense establishments and military-industrial-related organizations, as well as individuals involved in the development of ballistic missile technologies and cyber activities.
Among the legal entities subject to sanctions are the National Settlement Bank, Yandex Bank, Ozone Bank, Wildberries Bank, crypto exchanges EXMO Exchange Limited and Rafira Group, as well as the Watkinsk Plant, Khronichev Space Research and Production Center, EL Silicon Group, JSC Mikroash, JSC Mikroash and others.
Among the people are heads of defense plants, including the head of the Watkinsk plant, Igor Churabnov, as well as Russian military intelligence (GRU) officers Ivan Kasyanenko, Roman Pontos, Dmitry Voronov and Yevgeny Bashev. According to the investigators, they are related to a group of hackers under the GRU unit 29,155, known for carrying out sabotage and special operations in Europe.
"Canada is taking action to deny Putin the ability to launch missile attacks on Ukrainian cities. We remain firmly behind Ukraine and will continue to impose sanctions on Russia until it ceases its aggression and respects Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity," Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said.