Published on Mar 24, 2014
President Obama and Prime Minister Rutte of the Netherlands speak to the press after a bilateral meeting a the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. March 24, 2014.
G8 summit cancelled
There will be no G8 summit in Russia this year, David Cameron said today.
The meeting was planned for June in Sochi, which staged the Winter Olympics earlier this year.
The Canadians prohibited from entering Russia include aides to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and members of parliament, and the head of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Paul Grod, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.
It said the move was in response to the "unacceptable action by the Canadian side that has inflicted serious damage to bilateral relations", but insisted Russia was open to "constructive" cooperation with Canada.
The list, Associated Press reports, includes Harper's aides Christine Hogan and Wayne Wouters; the House of Commons speaker Andrew Scheer; Peter Van Loan, the government leader in the house; Senator Raynell Andreychuk; and other lawmakers.
Updated
Russia imposes retaliatory sanctions on 13 Canadians
Russia's foreign ministry has announced that it is imposing retaliatory sanctions on 13 Canadian officials, lawmakers and public figures, according to Reuters.
The Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, visited Kiev on Saturday. Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail reported that he "stood shoulder to shoulder with [Ukraine prime minister Arseniy] Yatsenyuk and forcefully rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin". The newspaper called Harper "the most vocal advocate of expelling Russia
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