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Sophie Grgoire Trudeau among 26 more Canadians banned from travel to Russia

Sophie Grgoire Trudeau was one of 26 more Canadians added to the list of those banned from entering Russia, along with hundreds of Americans.

Chrystia Freeland's husband, defence contractors also on expanded sanctions list

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grgoire Trudeau arrive for the cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Oct. 26, 2021. On Saturday, Grgoire Trudeau was added to a list of Canadians banned from entering Russia. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Russia said on Saturday it had added 26 new names to a list of Canadians it has barred from travelling to the country, including defence chiefs, defence industry executives and Sophie Grgoire Trudeau, the wife of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

In response to economic sanctions, Russia hasalready banned Trudeau, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and hundreds of other Canadians from entering the country.

The new Canadian list was published four days after Canada introduced a bill that will ban Russian President Vladimir Putin and about 1,000 members of his government and military from travelling there.

The list also includesLt.-Gen. Jocelyn Paul, Maj.-Gen. Eric Kenny and Rear Admiral Angus Topshee, who were named last month as the new heads of the Canadian army, air force and navy, respectively, and executives of companies including Lockheed Martin Canada and Raytheon Canada.

Russia also said it had so far banned 963 Americans from entering the country including previously announced moves against President Joe Biden and other top officials and would continue to retaliate against what it called hostile U.S. actions.

The largely symbolic travel bans form part of a downward spiral in Russia's relations with the West since its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, which prompted Washington and its allies to impose drastic sanctions on Moscow and step up arms supplies to Ukraine.

Publishing the full list of banned Americans for the first time, the Russian government said: "We emphasize that the hostile actions taken by Washington, which boomerang against the United States itself, will continue to receive a proper rebuff."

It said Russian counter-sanctions were a necessary response aimed at "forcing the ruling American regime, which is trying to impose a neo-colonial 'rules-based world order' on the rest of the world, to change its behaviour, recognizing new geopolitical realities."

Previously announced names on the huge list included Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and CIA chief William Burns.

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