Russia imposed sanctions against Canadian senators

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Moscow has blacklisted 87 Canadian senators as a retaliatory measure, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

“Following the decision that the Canadian authorities made on March 24, blacklisting all members of the Russian Federal Assembly and imposing sanctions on them, including a ban to enter the country, similar measures have been introduced on incumbent Canadian senators on the basis of reciprocity,” the statement reads.