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Charter aircraft carrying Russian foreign nationals held at Canadian airport -transport minister

(In first sentence corrects to show that Yellowknife is in the Northwest Territories, not the Yukon territory)

(Reuters) - A charter aircraft carrying Russian foreign nationals has been held at the Yellowknife airport in Canada's Northwest Territories, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said in a tweet on Thursday.

"We will continue to hold Russia accountable for its invasion of Ukraine," Alghabra added.

(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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