Moscow considers Canada's sanctions against Russia illegal and will take retaliatory measures, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, Sputnik reports.
When asked whether Russia would respond to Canadian sanctions against Russia, Peskov answered in the affirmative.
"We will", he said, adding that these sanctions were illegal.
Earlier in the day, Canada imposed sanctions on nine senior Russian officials in line with similar measures taken earlier by the United States and the European Union over the case of opposition blogger Alexey Navalny.
