By Cristin Schmitz (August 18, 2023, 4:50 PM EDT) -- Citing the escalation of “human rights abuses” against Russian opposition leaders Vladimir Kara-Murza, Alexei Navalny and other Russian citizens, Canada has imposed new sanctions on 15 Russian court and security officials as well as three federally funded courts “in response to the rising levels of human rights violations and state-sponsored violence faced by political opponents and critics as Russia attempts to repress internal dissent.”...