Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson appears on a list of 87 senators who have been banned from Russia, according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry on April 13.

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On Feb. 24, Russia invaded Ukraine, causing countries and organizations around the world to react to the deadly aggression.

Patterson has spent some time in Russia back when it was the Soviet Union, as part of cultural exchanges.

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The Arctic Council is currently on hiatus due to the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia.

SA国际影视传媒淚SA国际影视传媒檓 very disapointed that the horrific war launched by the Russians has disrupted the work of the Arctic Council, which has functioned very effectively without issues of defence or security getting in the way of important cooperation of science, social issues and economic cooperation,SA国际影视传媒� said Patterson.

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