Canada Making No Promises on Asylum for Russian Dissidents Being Held in U.S. Detention
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Navalnaya, Kara-Murza and Yashin urge Canada to accept Russians deported from the U.S.
Russian opposition figures in exile have sent a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney asking Ottawa to grant refuge to Russians being deported from the United States. The appeal was signed by Alexey Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, and former political prisoners Vladimir Kara-Murza and Ilya Yashin. In the letter, the politicians say that “several hundred opposition-minded Russian citizens” fled the country after the invasion of Ukraine …
Russian dissidents ask Canada to give asylum to compatriot dissidents who will be forced out of US
Hundreds to be deported back to Russia, meaning ‘immediate arrest by Putin’s security services,’ write ‘opposition-minded’ Russians, including Alexey Navalny’s widow - Anadolu Ajansı
Russians fleeing war or the regime to the United States are falling victim to Donald Trump's deportation program. According to one article, at least eighty Russian citizens were deported from the country this summer, including a former soldier who deserted from the Russian army in October 2022.
So people wouldn't be deported to Russia.
Russian opposition politicians Julia Naval, Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza sent a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney asking them to accept Russians with opposition views deported from the United States. Ilya Yashin reported this. "In opposition Russians who seek asylum in the United States, it's getting worse now – and every day it gets worse," he wrote. "People who have not broken any laws wait months to consider their petitions…
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