Moscow thinks it can keep its war going.
We are making sure it pays the price for it.
Today, we present our 19th sanctions package. Every sanction reduces the Kremlin’s ability to wage war.
We won’t stop putting pressure on Russia until it ends its war.
Cash from energy sales keeps Russia’s war going.
So we’re going after these revenues by designating 118 new vessels as shadow fleet and enablers, and banning re-insurance of listed vessels.
Our aim is to speed up the phase-out of Russian liquefied natural gas by 1 Jan 2027.
The Kremlin’s war depends on illicit cash flows
We aim to cut them off at the root.
That’s why we are proposing to take action against Russian financial evasion schemes in third countries including through crypto.
We are also going after the Russian credit card system MIR.
We want to strike where Russia gets its money.
No sector is off-limits.
In our new package, we add new industrial actors contributing to revenue generation for Russia.
We must cut off supplies to Russia’s military industry.
So that it can’t feed its war machine.
We’re adding more chemicals, metal components, salts, and ores to our export bans and tighter export controls on entities from Russia as well as China and India.
Our message is clear:
if you enable Russia’s war and try to dodge our sanctions,
you will face the consequences.
Today, we propose listing significant actors in third countries like China that are providing support to the Russian military industrial complex.
Tearing children from their families and deporting them to re-education camps is beyond description.
We will not let Russia weaponize childhood itself.
We are also going to make is easier to sanction individuals involved in the abduction and indoctrination of Ukrainian children.
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In Canada, we reaffirmed our support for Ukraine in defending its territorial integrity.
We commended Ukraine’s commitment to an immediate ceasefire.
Russia must now reciprocate on equal terms. If not, we could impose further sanctions and caps on oil prices (1/3)
We also expressed our support for the people of Syria and condemned strongly the escalation of violence in the coastal regions.
We called for the rejection of terrorism, for the protection of civilians and for perpetrators of atrocities to be held accountable. (2/3)
There are growing risks to maritime security, including threats to freedom of navigation.
In Charlevoix, we also reaffirmed our steadfast commitment to contribute towards a free, open, and secure maritime domain, in line with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. (3/3)
Sovereignty, territorial integrity and discrediting aggression as a tool of statecraft are crucial principles that must be upheld in case of Ukraine and globally.
These principles are essential for just and lasting peace. 1/
That is why I’m concerned about so-called peace plans and initiatives that ignore the core UN Charter principles.
We cannot treat Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty as somewhat secondary.
Without these core principles we cannot achieve a just and lasting peace. 2/
The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has lasted for ten years. For the bigger part of it, the world ignored it.
Some hoped back then and are hoping right now that territorial concessions to the aggressor would bring peace. But it will not. 3/
Today we honour the memory of the March deportation victims.
75 years ago, over 20,000 Estonians, including infants and the elderly, were taken from their homes and sent to Siberia in unimaginable conditions by the Soviet occupation regime.
My own family was also deported. 1/
We remember each and every one who perished. We are thankful for those who returned.
Their stories must be told.
The world should never forget the atrocities committed by the Soviet regime in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. 2/
Russia’s cruelty has not changed over time.
Russia's actions in Ukraine mirror the oppression our ancestors faced, reminding us of the ongoing struggle for freedom and justice.
Ukraine must win and Russia must be held accountable. This is the only way to sustainable peace. 3/