On March 14, Canada amended its sanctions measures imposed on Russia by designating an additional 15 individuals under Schedule 1. The new individual designations consist of Russian government officials. Generally speaking, the designation under Schedule 1 imposes an asset freeze and dealings prohibition, subject to limited exceptions, which prohibits any person in Canada or any Canadian outside Canada to: deal in any property, wherever situated, held by or on behalf of a designated person whose…
On March 10, Canada amended its sanctions measures imposed on Russia by designating an additional 5 individuals and 32 entities. The new individual designations consist of current and former Russian officials as well as associates of the Russian government. The new designated entities consist of Russian entities associated with the defence industry.. Generally speaking, the designation under Schedule 1 imposes an asset freeze and dealings prohibition, subject to limited exceptions, which prohibits any person in…
On March 8, Canada amended its sanctions measures imposed on Belarus by designating an additional 19 individuals and 25 entities in response to Belarus’ support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Nineteen Belarusian individuals have been listed under a new Part 1.1 of Schedule 1 which is a discrete section of Schedule 1 for individuals identified by the Government of Canada to be involved in grave breaches of international peace and security and consists of…
On March 4, Canada amended its sanctions measures to designate an additional 10 individuals under Schedule 1. These new designations are individuals identified by the Canadian Government as executives of Rosneft and Gazprom. On March 6, Canada further amended Schedule 1 to designate 10 more individuals determined by the Canadian Government to be current or former senior government officials, their close associates or so-called “agents of disinformation.” The designation under Schedule 1 imposes an asset…