Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya will ask for tougher sanctions against pro-Kremlin officials in Belarus when she meets on November 22 with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on her first official visit to Ottawa. Canada has sanctioned more than 60 members of authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka's regime, Belarusian oligarchs, and others for their involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But Tsikhanouskaya said Ottawa must close "loopholes" that allow evasion of those measures. To read the original story from AFP, click here.
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