Summary

On this Application, Volga Dnepr Airlines LLC (VDA) seeks judicial review of the Minister of Foreign Affairs' (Minister) decision, refusing to lift sanctions imposed on them pursuant to the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations, SOR/2014-58 [Russia Regulations]. This Application was heard together with Isaykin v Canada (Minister of Foreign Affairs) and the Attorney General of Canada, 2026 FC 1047 [Isaykin], as both cases arose from similar factual and legal circumstances. As many of the same submissions, based on the same record and similar underlying decisions, were made at hearing in relation to both Isaykin and this case, parts of these Reasons largely repeat the findings in Isaykin.

For the following reasons, I am dismissing this Application for judicial review. The Minister has broad discretion under the Russia Regulations, and VDA has not shown that this discretion was exercised erroneously or unreasonably. They also did not demonstrate any procedural fairness issue arising from the contents of the Certified Tribunal Record (CTR) or the materials considered by the Minister.