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Business as Usual on NATO’s Front Lines
Despite the Coronavirus pandemic both in Canada and in Eastern Europe, Russia and Canada are still keeping a watchful eye on each other across the

Uncertainty in the Wheat Markets
COVID-19 is reshaping the global food industry, with export giants such as Russia and Canada adapting to risks posed by the pandemic. Grain production will

Canadian turkey in Russia
An increase of consumer demand According to local farmers, as reported by Vesti Altay, Canadian poults have been sold well over this spring which could

Effects of Oil Shock Felt Around the World
Despite the efforts of OPEC+ and other oil producers, both Russia and Canada struggle to cut down oil production while keeping the energy sector stable
Three ominous policy challenges await Canada’s new Parliament
By Matthew Fisher, international affairs columnist and foreign correspondent This article was originally published by Global News on November 17, 2019. Canadian foreign and security policy is sure to test the mettle of Global Affairs Canada, the Department of National
Sanction Factor in Canada-Russia Relations
By Maria Solyanova, Ph.D., Research Fellow at the Centre for North American Studies, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAS) Global Affairs Canada defines sanctions as follows: “a foreign policy tool
The Western Alliance in the Face of the Russian (Dis)information Machine: Where Does Canada Stand?
By Sergey Sukhankin, Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation Original source of publication: A joint Research Paper from The School of Public Policy and the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, September 2019, Vol. 12:2 Summary In the years since the dissolution of
Deterrence, Resilience and Hybrid Wars: The Case of Canada and NATO
By Nicole J. Jackson, Associate Professor at School for International Studies, SFU Modern deterrence strategies are complicated by the need to consider whether and how to respond to a whole host of aggressions that fall short of conventional war. These
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By Levon Sevunts (Radio Canada International), July 10, 2020
“Russia says the United States and Canada have violated a key international accord designed to build trust and prevent wars between former Cold War adversaries, and accuses Washington’s allies of kowtowing to the Trump administration despite U.S. policies that go against their national interests.”
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By Diane Francis (Financial Post), April 23, 2020
“Canada and the United States should join forces by banning all oil imports from Saudi Arabia, Russia and other OPEC countries and replace it with oil produced right here in North America.”
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By Randi Beers (CBC), November 12, 2019
“When the Lyubov Orlova Shipping Co. abandoned its ship in St. John’s Harbour in September 2010, it also abandoned the crew on board.”
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By Chris Brown (CBC), November 10, 2019
“The ornate halls of Moscow’s Kremlin have hardly been a welcoming place for Canadian delegations of late, which is what makes John Durrant’s visit there this week especially remarkable.”
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By Murray Brewster (CBC), July 31, 2019
“While the alliance warships were in the region, up to 8,000 square kilometres of the Black Sea were declared off-limits as Russian ships conducted their own drills to coincide with what western ships were doing.”
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By Teresa Wright (The Canadian Press), June 27, 2019
“A Russian student who was invited to present her research at an upcoming academic conference in Canada says she believes her visitor visa was unfairly rejected — an issue scholars say is a growing problem for academics from certain areas of the world trying attend conferences in Canada.”
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By Chris Brown (CBC), June 19, 2019
“While Canada’s government has banned hydrocarbon exploration on its side of the Arctic and declared climate change a national emergency, such considerations are utterly absent in Russia.”
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By Mark Mackinnon (The Globe and Mail), March 6, 2019
“Leaked banking records show Canada’s Bombardier Inc. was paid tens of millions of dollars by a shell company that received money from the massive Russian tax fraud that cost accountant Sergei Magnitsky his life.”
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By Josh K. Elliott (Global News), February 9, 2019
“Why is Russia defending Nicolas Maduro‘s claim to the presidency in Venezuela despite international pushback?”
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By GEOFFREY YORK and MATTHEW MCCLEARN (the Globe and Mail), February 5, 2019
“Russia’s annexation of Crimea led to a force majeure declaration by the B.C.-based manufacturer, and the satellite was never launched; it was placed in the custody of a Russian company, and Ukraine has now gone to an arbitration court to demand a US$227-million repayment from the Canadian supplier.”
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By GRANT ROBERTSON (the Globe and Mail), December 30, 2018
“… Ottawa didn’t merely want to expel the diplomats as punishment. It wanted to send the Russian government a message.”
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By PRESS PROGRESS, October 22, 2018
“The Russian propaganda outlets simultaneously downplay her extremist views, calling her a victim of “free speech” censorship and “generic Nazi name-calling.”
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By NEIL CLARK (Russia Today), October 25, 2018
“Just imagine…If a Russian journalist, a vocal critic of President Putin and the Russian government, had walked into a Russian consulate in a NATO member state to obtain papers for his forthcoming marriage and never came out again alive. After Kremlin denials, and several changes of story, it transpired that he had indeed been killed while in the Consulate, with claims made that he had been cut up while a ‘look-a-like’ left the building.”
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By CHRIS BROWN (CBC News), October 10, 2018
“A frequent guest lecturer and judge for Russian architectural competitions, Strelka — one of Moscow’s top urban design firms — has invited Geller to the city seven times in recent years to share Canada’s best practices with young Russian designers.”
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By JOSEPH BREAN (The National Post), October 4, 2018
“Over the course of his studies, Millerman emerged as the world’s leading conduit into the English language for the work of Aleksandr Dugin, a Russian neo-fascist who is under sanctions by Canada for his role in the annexation of Ukraine.”
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By NEIL MOSS (The Hill Times), October 1, 2018
“The former director of the FBI James Comey has said that Canada could be threatened by Russian interference in the 2019 election.”
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By Gary Smith (The Hamilton Spectator), September 24, 2018
“When Albina Belova and her husband, Jehad Mufleh, left Syria in 2011 they brought to Canada dance traditions that blended classical Russian Ballet with the Arabian dance culture of their homeland.”
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By MELANIE MARQUIS (The Canadian Press), The National Post, August 26, 2018
“As the couple and business partners plan to open their first stand-alone restaurant later this year in Moscow, they found were clients hot for the grub, even if formal relations between Russia and Canada remain decidedly cold.”
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By DEAN BEEBY (CBC News), CBC, August 22, 2018
“The Liberal government is reviving long-delayed plans to move into a new embassy building in Moscow, after more than 10 years and $26 million spent on the empty structure.”
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