Russia imposes travel ban against 9 Canadian officials

• The new sanctions target several high-level officials in the Canadian government, including Canada's Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti, Minister for Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc, and Rear Adm. Scott Bishop, the head of the military intelligence command, per the Associated Press.

The big picture: Russia's Foreign Ministry said the sanctions were a response to the "unlawful sanctions" that Canada had previously imposed, per Reuters.

Be smart: Russia is no stranger to imposing tit-for-tat sanctions. In April the U.S. and E.U. imposed sanctions on Russia and a day later Russia retaliated with its own sanctions.