Mélanie Joly, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, has announced that Canada has imposed additional sanctions on two individuals and six entities under the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations.
The new sanctions target individuals and entities that facilitated the illicit transfer of weapons, including ballistic missiles, from North Korea to Russia.
These individuals and entities have beenadded to the sanction list:
- Mikheychuk Vladimir Vladimirovich (also known as Vladimir Vladimirovich MIKHEICHIK) (born on May 16, 1970);
Shastin Vladimir Ivanovich; - Sovfracht JSC (also known as OJSC SOVFRACHT and SVH-Freight JSC);
- Azia Shipping Company LLC (also known as Sudokhodnaya Kompaniya Azia LLC, AZSCO and Azia Shipping Co);
- The 224th Flight Unit State Airlines JSC (also known as TTF Heavy Lifting);
- Marine Trans Shipping LLC;
- M Leasing LLC;
- MG-Flot LLC (also known as TransMorFlot, TransMorFlot Shipping Company and Transseaport).