Canadian PM Trudeau says Canada announcing first round of economic sanctions on Russia in coordination with allies
- Trudeau says will ban Canadians from all financial dealings with the so-called “independent states” of Luhansk and Donetsk
- says will sanction members of Russian parliament who voted for 'illegal' decision to recognize these so-called republics
- says will ban Canadians from engaging in purchases of Russian sovereign debt
- says will apply additional sanctions on two state-backed Russian banks and prevent any financial dealings with them
- authorizing deployment of up to 460 members of Canadian armed forces to operation reassurance, this involves more troops to Latvia
