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Canada Bans Russian Aluminum, Steel Imports


Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy (right) poses for a photo with Chrystia Freeland, then Canada's foreign minister, during a meeting in Kyiv in May 2019.
Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy (right) poses for a photo with Chrystia Freeland, then Canada's foreign minister, during a meeting in Kyiv in May 2019.

Canada on March 10 banned the import of all Russian aluminum and steel products in a move that Ottawa said was aimed at denying Moscow the ability to fund its war against Ukraine. "Ukraine can and must win this war. We continue to do everything we can to cut off or limit the revenue used to fund Putin's illegal and barbaric invasion of Ukraine," Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a statement.

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