OTTAWA—Canada is restricting the finances of another 129 people, companies and organizations over Russia’s treatment of Ukraine. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the additional sanctions today, calling the measures a response to the ongoing occupation of Crimea and the Russian arrests of Ukrainian sailors in the Black Sea last November. The Russians planted a freighter across the narrow strait, asserted it was Russian territorial water and seized two Ukrainian gunboats and a tug. Global Affairs Canada says the number of people and entities sanctioned over Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine has now reached 429. Russia responded by occupying Crimea and helping separatists in eastern Ukrainian provinces close to the Russian border begin a violent rebellion.

Source: thestar March 15, 2019 18:11 UTC