Russian ambassador summoned to Canada's Foreign Ministry 

Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov told journalists that he was summoned by the Canadian Foreign Ministry over comments on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's characterization of the Holodomor - a Soviet famine during the 1930s, Report informs, citing Sputnik News.

"Michael Bonser [Director General for Global Affairs Canada] invited me here to deliver a demarche, to convey Canada's position, its disagreement with the embassy's press release regarding the Holodomor, which we distributed five days ago," Stepanov said on Monday.

The Russian Embassy in Ottawa criticized the Canadian government after Trudeau issued a statement promoting the narrative that ethnic Ukrainians were the sole and intentional victims of the 'Holodomor.'

The embassy noted that the famine impacted Ukrainians, Russians, Belarusians, and Kazakhs, among other people of the Soviet Union as well.