Russia retaliates with sanctions on 13 Canadians

Yahoo News ^ | 3-24-14 | Steve Gutterman

[tcrlaf]

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia announced on Monday that it was barring 13 Canadian officials, lawmakers and public figures in retaliation for sanctions imposed by Canada over Russia's annexation of Crimea.

The Canadians prohibited from entering Russia include aides to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, members of parliament and the head of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Paul Grod, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"This step was taken in response to unacceptable actions by the Canadian side which have done serious damage to bilateral relations," the ministry said, adding that Canada "chose to ignore the free expression of will of Crimean residents."

[tcrlaf]

This tit-for-tat stuff is eventually going to lead to someone getting a nipple in the eye....

[tcrlaf]

The banned Canadians

• Andrew Scheer, Commons Speaker
• Peter Van Loan, government House leader
• Ted Opitz, Conservative MP
• James Bezan, Conservative MP
• Dean Allison, Conservative MP
• Irwin Cotler, Liberal MP
• Chrystia Freeland, Liberal MP
• Paul Dewar, NDP MP
• Wayne Wouters, clerk of the privy council
• Jean-François Tremblay, deputy secretary to the cabinet
• Christine Hogan, assistant secretary to the cabinet
• Sen. Raynell Andreychuk
• Paul Grod, national president of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

""This step was taken in response to unacceptable actions by the Canadian side which have done serious damage to bilateral relations," the ministry said, adding that Canada "chose to ignore the free expression of will of Crimean residents.""

Our concern is whether Canada will follows the orders given by Washington after Maine secedes in either 2016 or 2018. While it is not a major concern, it is a concern since we are planning on using both US and Canadian currency as our primary monetary standards.

[Leaning Right]

Justin Bieber is not on the list. Proof that the Russians are not being serious.

[dfwgator]

Did they also ban Justin Bieber?

[dan on the right]

Oh, come on now! Leave the poor Canadians alone. They’re not hurting anyone! In fact, they don’t have to since we’ll defend them.

Guild by association. By that standard, maybe we should freeze some China assets here? They seem to be OK with Russia these days. Oh, wait until Michelle gets back; they might not let her leave! Don’t want that!

[Psalm 144]

They should have a trial in absentia against the lil’ wangsta, for international crimes against music.

[who knows what evil?]

Tag...you’re it.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

I’m sure they are all broken up by this news. NOT! Though comrade Dewar of the NDP may be crying at his commune that his fellow travelers won’t let him visit.

[caver]

I’ve never heard of these sanctions on individuals before Barry did them. Is this new or has this been doen before?

[Army Air Corps]

Terrance and Phillip shall fart on Moscow.

[Reverend Wright]

when this thing finally gets settled, we should make Putin take Dewar and Kotler on a permanent basis !

[MrB]

Blame Canada.

Is Putin doing this to make fun of Obama?

As in, you’re not even worth responding to directly?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Did they also ban Justin Bieber?

No, but they're seriously considering Terry Jacks for being nekulturny.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I thought perhaps 13 hockey players who always cheap shot Malkin and Ovechkin.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Mark Steyn’s not on this list. Nor is William Shatner.

The Russkies are slipping a little bitsky.