The Russian Embassy and Ottawa

Ottawa: A spokesman for the Russian Embassy on Tuesday called Ottawas decision to deny visas for the delegates including one of the countrys most renowned astronauts unfortunate, according to The Star. This act unfortunately does not bring benefit to the Russian-Canadian bilateral relations. Ottawa initially declined to discuss the issue, citing privacy concerns, but on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for Citizenship and Immigration Canada confirmed some applications were denied, while others were still being reviewed and Canadas refusal to allow Russian delegates to attend a prestigious international astronautical symposium has angered Moscow, which said the decision flies in the face of international space co-operation and amounts to politicizing space exploration over the conflict in Ukraine. In this regard, we can only express regret that a number of members of the Russian delegation did not get their visas, Kirill Kalinin, second secretary at the Russian Embassy in Ottawa, told The Canadian Press. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.