In a letter obtained by Global News, Mélanie Joly argued Mikhail Fridman could use his children to evade sanctions.
The Canadian government has denied a request to lift economic sanctions imposed on the daughters of a Russian billionaire and alleged “close associate” of President Vladimir Putin.
Moving money through relatives and close associates is the most popular method used to dodge sanctions imposed in response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the minister wrote.“Maintaining limited financial ties or dependence on your father does not preclude him from attempting to use you to maintain access to his funds or circumvent sanctions prohibitions,” the letter signed by Joly said.
The Fridman case is the latest appeal by those subject to the restrictions on their finances. Similarly, Joly denied a request for delisting made by The departmental report that recommended keeping them under sanction said their father was a “top Russian financier,” and the measures prevented him from trying to “evade sanctions via a close family member.”Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and Alfa Group head, billionaire Mikhail Fridman, at the Kremlin in Moscow, March 17, 2009. .
The Global Affairs Canada Memorandum for Action on Fridman’s daughters noted that neither had lived in Russia since 1999, and that they maintained they were mostly financially independent.
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