Again this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced more sanctions aimed at punishing Vladimir Putin and once again he threatened more if there are continued violations of a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Further Russian escalation will result in further costs to the Russian economy, Harper said. Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson boasted Ottawa has the toughest sanction regime in the world.
And once again, two names remained conspicuously absent from the government’s list of 270 individuals and entities hit with sanctions.
There is no cost to Russian Railways magnate and Putin confidant Vladimir Yakunin or Igor Sechin, the head of Russia’s state-owned energy giant …read more
Source: National Newswatch
