sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury on Friday along with his Canadian-registered business and his Hong Kong firms.The 41-year-old’s company Asia Pacific Links Ltd.
is allegedly one of the major suppliers of electronics used to manufacture drones for the Russian military.The Treasury alleged that Trofimov’s companies were “part of the procurement network working to obtain technology” for Russian Orlan-10 dronesThe Orlan-10 is a medium-range reconnaissance drone that Russian forces have used extensively in Ukraine to pinpoint targets for artillery and rocket strikes.Global Affairs Canada would not respond to questions about Trofimov.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a new round of sanctions against Russia at the G7 summit in Japan on Friday.But Trofimov did not appear on Canada’s sanctions lists, and his company was still identified as “active” on the government’s Corporations Canada website.In announcing the new sanctions, the U.S.
Treasury said they had been imposed in coordination with the G7, and were meant to “further degrade the Russian Federation’s capacity to wage war against Ukraine.”The Ukrainian Canadian Congress wrote to Canada’s ministers of foreign affairs and public safety in January to ask for action against Trofimov for alleged sanctions violations.“As you can no doubt understand, the evidence that a resident of Canada is involved in the supply of technology that is being used by Russia to murder Ukrainians is of grievous concern to the UCC and to the Ukrainian Canadian community,” National President Alexandra Chyczij wrote.Trofimov, who owns two Toronto properties worth a total of $2.7-million, could not be reached for comment.A man with the same name, birthdate and address as the Anton Trofimov on the.