Jim Carrey among 100 Canadians banned by Russia

The Kremlin retaliates against the Trudeau administrations ban on Russian figures

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia has banned the entry of 100 Canadians, including actors Jim Carrey, Margaret Atwood plus several and journalists, in retaliation for new Canadian sanctions against Moscow in October.

The Russian foreign ministry said the banned 100 people are “directly involved in the formation of an aggressive anti-Russian policy.”

Together with the 60-year-old Carrey and Atwood, the author of dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” several Canadians of Ukrainian origin were banned from entering Russia.

Journalists including state-broadcaster CBC’s Murray Brewster, Margaret Evans, and Adrienne Arsenault were also banned.

This comes after Canada announced a new round of sanctions on police officers investigators, prosecutors and judges.

The Russian foreign ministry said it decided on the new round of sanctions “in response to the practice, implemented by Justin Trudeau’s regime, of imposing sanctions against the Russian leadership, politicians and parliamentarians, business representatives, experts and journalists, cultural figures.”

Since the beginning of the Ukraine offensive on 24 February, Canada sanctioned more than 1,400 individuals and entities in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

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