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Russian antiwar activist could lose Canadian citizenship bid over conviction abroad

A woman poses for a photo in a park in winter.

Maria Kartasheva was told to step aside in the middle of her Canadian citizenship ceremony after the officiant asked if anyone has been charged with a crime in another country. She had been — specifically, under a law passed in Russia shortly after the invasion of Ukraine.

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