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I hope we can make an exception for this person, as well as add a caveat to the law for situations like this. To me it doesn't seem to be the spirit of the law to deny someone citizenship over a 'crime' of this nature. Perhaps things that wouldn't be considered a crime in Canada shouldn't count against you for these purposes, or something along those lines.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Originally enacted in 1985, the Canadian law makes it illegal for individuals to intentionally injure another person or convey false information through telecommunication means.

Jacqueline Bonisteel, an Ottawa-based immigration lawyer, said the IRCC process is meant to filter out applicants who are ineligible due to their criminal past, but in this case she felt the principle was misapplied.

Kartasheva said her arrest in absentia was approved by Russian judge Elena Lenskaya, then tried in the Basmanny District Court of Moscow — both of which are still subject to Canadian sanctions for human rights violations.

Matthew Light, an associate professor of criminology and European studies at the University of Toronto, said the Russian false information law has been covered in western media for its impact on high-profile opposition politicians and journalists.

"It's also used on a much larger scale against less well-known members of Russian society who've uttered criticisms of the war, often in contexts that aren't highly political," Light said.

In a statement to CBC News, IRCC said "foreign convictions are carefully examined to see whether the act committed would have been an offence under Canadians laws if it had occurred in Canada."

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