Moscow Summons Canada Envoy Over Joly ‘Regime Change’ Comment

Sunset lights the Kremlin and frozen Moscow River in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 16, 2022. The Canadian Press/Alexander Zemlianichenko

Russia has summoned a senior Canadian diplomat in Moscow over Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly’s musings about “regime change.”

According to state media, Moscow summoned Canadian chargé d’affaires Brian Ebel on Monday to tell him the comments were unacceptable.