Canada announced additional sanctions targeting Russian disinformation and propaganda agents.

Canada imposed new sanctions against Russian media by the end of last week. Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Mélanie Joly, announced sanctions on 29 agents and 15 entities owned or controlled by the Russian government which played a role in spreading Russian propaganda about the war in Ukraine, said the Office of Global Affairs in a news release.This includes Sumbatovich Gasparyan, the Head of the International Department at Russia Today (RT). Also, effective immediately, Canada has banned the import of certain gold imports from Russia.