Russian Sanctions Start To Crumble in Canada: Legal Challenge Wins

``A legal challenge by Canadians against government evidence for sanctions against Russia has won a reversal by the Canadian Foreign Ministry. The victory conceded by the ministry in Ottawa last week opens the door to legal challenges to the US Government's campaign to topple President Vladimir Putin and force regime change in Moscow. The Canadian Foreign Minister, John Baird, admitted in parliament on September 18 that the government had removed two Russian banks, Expobank and RosEnergoBank, from its sanctions list. "Following receipt of new information and further investigation and analysis, these entities are being removed from the list," Baird said in reply to a question in the House of Commons from opposition member, Paul Dewar. According to Baird, the banks were "sufficiently divorced" from events in Ukraine to warrant sanctions.''