Alexei Navalny: US imposes sanctions on Russians

World 09:26 PM - 2021-03-02

Photo Credit: REUTERS

The US has announced sanctions on Russians over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

 

The measures target a number of Russian government officials and entities and are being co-ordinated with similar moves by the EU, US officials said.

 

They said US intelligence had concluded that the Russian government was behind the near-fatal nerve agent attack on Navalny in Siberia last year.

 

He is the most high-profile critic of President Vladimir Putin.

 

Moscow denies involvement in his poisoning and disputes the conclusion, by Western weapons experts, that the nerve agent Novichok was used.

 

 

PUKmedia / BBC