Canada has set the stage with Moldova to start sanctioning people and companies based in that Eastern European country who are helping Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Ottawa just weeks after her cabinet said that “hybrid warfare generated by Russia” is trying to overthrow her government.
Moldova has been trying to join the European Union for years, and the former Soviet country has helped shelter people fleeing violence in neighbouring Ukraine.
The Liberal government says it will publish new regulations in order to target people in Moldova who are committing systematic human-rights violations, endangering international security or committing corruption….