Canada - Russia Relations

Canada's Relations with Russia thawed and then refroze in response to an increasingly aggressive Russian foreign and military policy.

It is doubtful that Canada will change its policies toward Russia unless it sees signs of a reversion to western norms which is unlikely.

The Canadian public deeply dislikes and distrusts the Putin Regime.

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