Canada's relations with Russia have slid to a post-Soviet low, ambassador says

Canada's top envoy in Moscow says relations with Russia are likely as bad as they've ever been, as the war in Ukraine grinds on and Vladimir Putin enters his fifth term as president.Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on Thursday, May 9, 2024.

The conflict in Ukraine has stagnated into a war of attrition across a relatively stable front, though Ukraine has expressed concerns about depleted military materiel and the urgent need for Western aid.Putin used the occasion of his inauguration to a fifth presidential term in Russia to rail against the West's support for embattled Ukraine. The United States announced a new $400 million aid package for Ukraine on Friday.

"Some people think of embassies and diplomatic relations as some sort of gift that we give to friends. That's a misunderstanding. Embassies and diplomatic relations are tools that we use to promote and protect Canada's interests abroad," she said."They consider us to be an unfriendly country, as they put it," she said.After Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the West vowed to sanction Russia into submission, but that hasn’t happened.

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