Kremlin critics to push MPs on backing bill that strengthens sanctions law

A pair of prominent Kremlin critics will testify Thursday before MPs in support of legislation that would overhaul Canada’s sanctions regime, drawing from their personal experience as targets of Russian coercion. The House of Commons foreign affairs committee will hear from Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian-born opposition politician and journalist, and American-British financier and activist Bill Browder as it studies Bill C-219, a private member’s bill tabled last fall by Conservative MP James Bezan. In an interview with Global News ahead of his virtual appearance at the committee, Browder said…