OTTAWA, Canada–Canada’s prime minister on Monday announced further economic sanctions against Russian entities and individuals, calling the downing of flight MH17 a “direct product of Russia’s military aggression and illegal occupation” of Ukraine.
Stephen Harper also called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to order a withdrawal of his troops from the border with Ukraine, stop a flow of weapons and militants into the country, urge separatist rebels to lay down their arms and allow investigators access to the crash site.
The Malaysia Airlines airliner was blown out of the sky on Thursday by what is believed to be a surface-to-air missile, killing …read more
Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer
