Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that “stronger sanctions” would be announced shortly against Russia over the Kremlin’s plans to annex four Russian-controlled regions in Ukraine. The move comes after Russia held what Trudeau and other leaders have called “sham” referendums on whether those regions wished to rejoin Russia. He did not specify what the sanctions would involve.
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