Canada sanctions six Russians ‘involved’ in Alexei Navalny’s ‘ill treatment and death’ in prison

By Cristin Schmitz (March 4, 2024, 3:29 PM EST) -- Canada has announced dealings bans, including asset freezes, and entry bans against six Russians for their roles in “gross and systematic human rights violations;” the list includes “senior officials or high-ranking employees in Russia’s prosecution, judicial and penitentiary services who were involved in the ill-treatment and death” last month in an Arctic prison of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader and outspoken critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s kleptocratic regime....