ottawa canada impose sanction friday 30 russian officials say complicit 2009 prison death sergei magnitsky anti-corruption lawyer jail allege massive tax fraud measure freeze assets officials bar visit canada enact new law give government right penalize say guilty human right violations foreign ministry say statement among target alexander bastrykin russia top investigator close aide russian president vladimir putin unite state blacklist january 2017 cite magnitsky death today announcement send clear message canada take action individuals profit act significant corruption involve gross violations human right say foreign minister chrystia freeland moscow say last month would retaliate canada ban individuals new law russian embassy ottawa late issue statement denounce sanction absolutely pointless reprehensible canada repeatedly condemn moscow russia 2014 annexation ukraine crimea region impose sanction along western nations unite state adopt law 2012 freeze u.s. assets russian investigators prosecutors say involve detention magnitsky retaliation moscow bar americans adopt russian children addition penalize 30 russians canada also impose sanction 19 officials venezuela three south sudan canada impose sanction 30 russians death lawyer