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Canada imposed new sanctions against 13 Russian individuals over the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Moscow’s “continued gross and systematic violations of human rights,” the Canadian government announced June 18. Navalny, Putin’s main political opponent, died on Feb. 16 in a penal colony in northern Russia, after being convicted in several fabricated criminal cases as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent. The new sanctions target high-level officials in Russia’s investigative agency, penitentiary service, and police force who played a role in the abuse and death of…

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