Embassy of Russia, Ottawa
Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ottawa Посольство Российской Федерации в Оттаве Ambassade de la Fédération de Russie à Ottawa | |
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Address | 285 Charlotte Street Ottawa, Ontario K1N 8L5 |
Coordinates | 45°25′47″N 75°40′24″W / 45.429800°N 75.673259°W |
Ambassador | Alexander Darchiev |
The Embassy of Russia in Canada is the
History
The site was originally given to the
On January 1, 1956, a fire broke out on the third floor of the embassy. Embassy employees tried to put it out themselves and did not call the
The remains of the manor were demolished and the current stark Classic Soviet style building was erected in its place. After the fire the embassy was relocated to 24 Blackburn Avenue, which housed the office of the Soviet commercial counsellor.[4] The RCMP, then in charge of Canadian security service and in cooperation with MI5, infiltrated the construction site in an attempt to bug the building in an operation that was known as Operation Dew Worm.[5]
With the fall of the Soviet Union the building became the Russian embassy. The massive bust of
In November 2022, the Russian Embassy got into a twitter battle with three Canadian gay cabinet ministers over a 2022 Russian LGBTQ law.[6] The Russian ambassador has claimed that Russia does not interfere in internal Canadian affairs.[7]
Jeffrey Delisle espionage case
In July 2007,
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 1 March 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the embassy claimed that The Russian army does not occupy Ukrainian territory and takes all measures to preserve the lives and safety of civilians, without providing evidence.[10] The Embassy claimed that the responsibility for all civilian deaths during the Russian attack, called "Special Military Operation" in Kremlin-controlled media, was on the Ukrainian side.[11] Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has referred to claims from the Russian Embassy as "misinformation" and "propaganda".[12]
Soviet/Russian Ambassadors to Canada
- Georgy Zarubin 1941-1942
- Fedor Tarasovich Gusev1942-1943
- Dimitri S. Chuvahin 1950s
- Boris Miroshnichenko ?-1973
- Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev1973-1983
- Aleksei A. Rodionov1983-?
- Vitaly Churkin 1998-2003
- Georgiy Mamedov 2003-2014
- Alexander Darchiev 2014–Present
References
- ^ CBC News (2 March 2022). "Canada's capital shows clear signs of support for Ukraine". CBC News. CBC. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ Ricketts, Shannon (2016). Werner Ernst Noffke: Ottawa's Architect. Ottawa: Heritage Ottawa. p. 62.
- ^ "City of Ottawa - Fire at the Soviet Embassy". www.ottawa.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-05-29.
- ^ "The Soviet Embassy Fire". January 2015.
- ^ "The Soviet Embassy Fire". January 2015.
- ^ "Anti-gay tweets from Russian embassy show Canada must step up on global LGBTQ rights", 5 December 2022
- ^ "The Canadian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian Ambassador", Oreanda News, 29 November 2022
- ^ "Jeffrey Delisle: What's known about the naval officer turned spy". CBC News. 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
- ^ Colin Freeze And Jane Taber (2012-10-22). "Russian mole had access to wealth of CSIS, RCMP, Privy Council files". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
- ^ "Lie of the Year 2022: Putin's Lies to Wage War and Conceal Horror in Ukraine", NBC Miami, 15 December 2022
- ^ "Lies, damn lies and propaganda wars: Russia's 'other' campaign", 2 March 2022
- ^ "Joly says Russian ambassador spreading war 'propaganda' to Canadians", CBC News, 10 May 2022