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Canadians awarded with Russian state decorations
For strengthening friendship and cooperation between Canada and Russia On May 13, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an executive order awarding eight individuals for
Safe travel to Russia
Canadian recommendations and warnings On May 9, 2019, Global Affairs Canada released advice on safe summer travel arrangements for Canadians. According to the Travel Advice
Canada-Ukraine consultations
Canada’s role in post-election Ukraine On May 8, 2019, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland visited Ukraine where she met with President Petro Poroshenko, President-elect
Venezuela’s crisis escalates
So do tensions between countries supporting opposite sides On May 1, 2019, the Russian Embassy in Canada, via its Twitter account, accused Canada, together with
Meeting Russia 2020
Russian Twitter trolls stoke anti-immigrant lies ahead of Canadian election
By Ahmed Al-Rawi, Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University, and Yasmin Jiwani, Professor of Communication Studies and Research Chair on Intersectionality, Violence and Resistance at Concordia University Russian troll activity on Twitter aimed at influencing public opinion has attracted a
Lest we forget: By standing strong, the Soviet Union turned the tide in the Second World War
By Alexander Darchiev, Russia’s Ambassador to Canada From D-Day to the fall of the Italian capital of Rome to the Allies, June is rich with important anniversary dates around the Second World War. And yet notice is rarely given in
Fight for the Arctic Ocean is a boon for science
By Richard Kemeny, science journalist in São Paulo, Brazil Summary Last month, Canada became the third country to claim—based on extensive scientific data—that it should have sovereignty over a large swath of the Arctic Ocean, including the North Pole. Canada’s
Canada and the Kosovo Crisis: Looking back, 20 years on
By Michael Manulak, assistant professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. The article first appeared on OpenCanada.org In the spring of 1999, as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) prepared to celebrate its 50th anniversary, a
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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 JOSEPH MALONEY (international vice-president for Canada of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers), The Province, September 12, 2018
“Why are we supporting corrupt and dictatorial regimes in Saudi Arabia and Russia by buying their oil, rather than supporting our fellow Canadians who share our values and contribute to our prosperity?”
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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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