As Putin Claims Parts of Ukraine, Canada Imposes New Sanctions on Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on agriculture issues via a video link in Sochi on Sept. 27, 2022. Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images

Canada announced today it is imposing new sanctions on Russia in retaliation for its “unprovoked and unjustifiable” invasion of Ukraine.

The sanctions affect 43 Russian oligarchs, financial elites and their families and 35 Russia-backed senior officials in four occupied regions of Ukraine.