Russia bans entry to nearly 600 Canadians including Trudeau and Freeland

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland delivers the 2022-23 budget next to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable

(Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it was imposing entry bans on nearly 600 Canadian nationals including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for what it called "hostile actions" by the country's leadership.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was also among 592 people barred from travelling to Russia in the largely symbolic move.