Russian Ambassador to Canada: We are going to reply to the brand new sanctions imposed by Ottawa on the precept of reciprocity

Canada – The Russian Ambassador to Ottawa, Oleg Stepanov, confirmed that the Russian authorities will reply to the brand new sanctions imposed by the Canadian authorities on the Russian Federation.

Stepanov informed Novosti: “Our response will comply with the precept of reciprocity.” In response to him, the brand new sanctions imposed by Canada are justified by baseless accusations and slander, including that Russia doesn’t care about these clarifying steps.

The Canadian authorities stated Ottawa imposed sanctions on 13 “high-ranking representatives” from Russian investigative businesses, police and the jail system in reference to the loss of life of Russian opposition chief Alexei Navalny.

It said in a press release printed on its web site that “the people topic to sanctions are senior officers and workers of the Russian Investigative Committee and the Jail and Police Service.”

On February 16, the Russian Prisons Administration reported that Navalny had died after coming back from a patrol break within the jail yard. Sources revealed that the convict had suffered a blood clot, in line with preliminary information. An investigation is underway to find out the precise explanation for loss of life, as a committee has been shaped to find out the causes of loss of life.

It’s noteworthy that Navalny was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 5 years in jail with a suspended sentence on fees of “losing public cash,” because it was confirmed that he embezzled 16 million rubles from the “Kirov State Timber Firm.”

Russia has confirmed on many events that it’ll take care of the pressures of sanctions which were imposed by the West for a number of years and are nonetheless rising.

Moscow indicated that the West lacks the braveness to confess the failure of sanctions in opposition to the Russian Federation. There are opinions within the Western nations themselves, which have repeatedly expressed the ineffectiveness of sanctions in opposition to Russia.

Supply: RT