OTTAWA — Canada is again joining the U.S. and Britain in sanctioning officials accused of corruption, this time involving Russia's justice system.
The new sanctions include the Basmanny District Court, a notorious Moscow tribunal known for sentencing political opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Basmanny court has sentenced Russian opposition politicians Vladimir Kara-Murza and Alexei Navalny in the past. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says the sanctions are a direct reaction to Russia suppressing dissent, and allowing for human-rights violations and state-sponsored violence. The sanctions include 15 Russian citizens and three entities, largely those involved in the judiciary and federally funded courts.The Russian human-rights group OVD-Info says more than 20,000 citizens have been detained for speaking out against Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which cannot legally be called a war in Russia.
Ottawa has promised for months to seize and forfeit Russian assets held in Canada owned by Putin's affiliates but has yet to do so.
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