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4 months agoCanada newsA Russian Dissident's Fraught Path to Canadian Citizenship
Maria Kartasheva, a Russian dissident, faced a seven-month struggle to become a Canadian citizen due to criminal charges in Russia for criticizing the war in Ukraine.
Kartasheva's case gained public support and she eventually took her oath in a virtual ceremony, avoiding the possibility of an eight-year prison sentence in Russia. [ more ]