Russia has imposed sanctions against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers Melanie Joly and Anita Anand.

They are banned from entering Russia.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said the personal sanctions were imposed in response to "new sanctions imposed by official Ottawa, which is competing with Washington in its Russophobic frenzy, on Russia's top leaders and nearly the entire Russian parliamentary corps.  Also banned were most members of the House of Commons of the Canadian parliament and "aggressive pro-Banderite elements" - 313 people in total.

"This step is forced and has been taken as a reaction to the hostile actions of the current Canadian regime, which has been trying our patience for so long, which goes beyond the bounds of decency. Every Russophobic attack, whether it is attacks on Russian diplomatic missions, the closure of airspace, or the actual severing of bilateral economic ties by Ottawa - to the detriment of Canadian interests - will inevitably receive a strong response," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.