Canada Imposes Sanctions on 33 Russian Defense Entities

On Monday, Canada's Foreign Ministry imposed new sanctions on 33 Russian Defense entities.

The ministry said in a statement that Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly announced on Monday that Canada imposed new sanctions on 33 Russian Defense entities.

The list of sanctions published on the ministry's website indicates that the new sanctions include the Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau in Kolomna, which produces military equipment.

The military equipment includes the "Iskander" missile systems and the "Kronstadt" company that manufactures the drones, as well as the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Gagarin Aviation Plant in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur River and the Kurgan Machine-Building Plant, the Istock plant, the Special Engineering Design Bureau and others.

Contributed by Israa Farhan