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Royal Canadian Air Force CC-150 Polaris Airbus
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Canada- All Russian soldiers have been banded from Canadian borders. Government sources have state they have 24 hours to leave their country or additional actions will take place. According to
CTV News, there were nine Russian soldiers who were participating in Canada's military exercises were expelled from the program. Six soldiers were station at St. Jean Quebec, where they were in an immersed language program to learn French. Two where stationed in Gagetown for military training. One soldier was teaching Canadian soldiers Russian in Gatineau, Quebec. Prime Minister Steven Harper announced that exercises between the Royal Canadian Armed Forces with the Russian Federation and NORAD's Exercise Vigilant Eagle
"have been suspended," and would not continue because of the referendum in Crimea to join Russia and that the area is under
"illegal military occupation." As Canada tries to dissect Putins motive and condemns Russia's invasion in Crimea. Ottawa has declared, the prime minister and parliament members have decided to remove all ties with Russian. Harper announced that he will send two representatives to join the international military mission in Crimea to cease assets of former members of the regime of
Viktor Yanukovych. Foreign Minister John Baird said
"you can't have a referendum in 10 days." Talks circling in international governments throughout the world considers proposals such as this absurd and not surprisingly aggressive that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants the Bear hand to rise again.
Source:
Exclusive: Russian soldiers training in Canada given 24 hours to leave country | CTV News. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/russian-soldiers-training-in-canada-given-24-hours-to-leave-country-1.1717172
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