Send this page to someone via emailA group of 61 Canadians will be “indefinitely prohibited” from entering the Russian Federation, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Thursday. I loved my time living in Russia, and made a lot of friends there (though many of them have left),” MacKinnon said on Twitter. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was previously banned because she wrote critically about Putin in her past career as a journalist. Story continues below advertisementSeveral active military leaders are on the Russian list, including Maj.-Gen. Steve Boivin, commander of the special operations forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. Municipal politicians also made the list, including the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa, John Tory and Jim Watson.

Source: CBC News April 21, 2022 19:24 UTC