More sanctions will be imposed on Russia in coming days: Freeland
Posted March 1, 2022 4:43 pm.
Last Updated March 1, 2022 6:27 pm.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says more sanctions against Russia will be announced in the coming days in response to President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Freeland says Canada and the other G7 countries explored various ways of imposing additional measures on Russia during a meeting Tuesday morning.
“New measures will keep targeting institutions and individuals who are helping Putin,” Freeland said at a press conference later Tuesday.
“We feel the best thing to do is to impose measures together.”
Freeland could not reveal what new sanctions would be imposed, but said Canada was discussing with “our partners and allies” to determine the next best course of action.
“President Putin has made a grave and historic error,” added Freeland. “This is not the behaviour of a superpower. This is the last gasp of a failing kleptocracy.”
The G7 countries were joined by Ukraine’s finance minister, Serhiy Marchenko, who urged the nations to keep imposing sanctions on Russia and assured them Ukraine would win the war.
Freeland says Marchenko shared “creative and thoughtful” ideas to cut off Putin’s ability to fund the war on Ukraine, and that the G7 countries were exploring all options.
“We have all been very clear: Russia has decided to set itself apart from the civilized world and for that reason we have directly sanctioned President Putin,” said Freeland.
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Freeland says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine violates international order and is a war on democratic principles and order.
International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan announced Canada would be providing an additional $100 million in humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, in part to help people displaced by the invasion.
Defence Minister Anita Anand also said Canada will provide 1,600 fragmentation vests and nearly 400,000 meal packs to Ukraine.
