e-1033 (International sanctions)
- Keywords
- Civil and human rights
- Corruption
- Economic sanctions
- Foreign persons
- Money laundering
- Russia
- Victims of crime
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- The current government of Russia has embarked on a course of systemic violations of human rights abroad and at home;
- Russian government officials imprisoned and eventually caused the death of Sergei Magnitsky, a case which has been well-documented and which is reflected in parliamentary petitions E-394 and E-760 as well as in Bills C-267 (Sergei Magnitsky Law) and S-226 (Sergei Magnitsky Law);
- Russia has illegally detained and tortured anti-war activist Ildar Dadin, and has murdered Putin critics Boris Nemtsov, Sergei Magntisky, Alexander Litvenenko, and Anna Politkovskaya;
- Canada condemns the March 2017 murder of MP Denis Voronenko in Kiev by a Russian agent and the attempted murder of lawyer Nikolai Ghorkhov;
- Since 2014, Russia has kidnapped and detained numerous Ukrainian citizens, including Crimean Tatars;
- Russia has provided extensive military and political support to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, which has committed grave human rights violations in Syria;
- Russia has engaged in widespread propaganda warfare against NATO countries, including Canada; and
- Corrupt Russian officials, individuals, and companies currently use Canada for money laundering.
- Open for signature
- April 18, 2017, at 2:56 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- August 16, 2017, at 2:56 p.m. (EDT)