U.S. Preparing New Sanctions Against Russia Over Navalny Poisoning

[Rogue Valley]

U.S. Preparing New Sanctions Against Russia Over Navalny Poisoning

The United States is preparing new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny, U.S. national-security adviser Jake Sullivan has said.

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6/20/21
The United States is preparing new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny, U.S. national-security adviser Jake Sullivan has said. "We are preparing another package of sanctions to apply in this case as well," Sullivan said on CNN on June 20. Sullivan said the sanctions will come once the United States ensures that the right entities are targeted. "When we do that, we will impose further sanctions with respect to chemical weapons," Sullivan said. Navalny was arrested in January when he returned to Russia from Germany, where he had received treatment for a near-fatal poisoning in August with a Soviet-era nerve agent. Navalny has blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin directly for the attack, a claim the Kremlin has denied. U.S. President Joe Biden said he told Putin during their summit last week that human rights will always be on the table and that he will continue to raise the issue, including the arrest of Navalny. Biden said that he also warned Putin of the consequences if Navalny were to die in prison, telling reporters at a news conference that he "made it clear" that the consequences should Navalny die "would be devastating for Russia." The U.S. announcement came on the heels of European Union sanctions against four senior Russian officials.

This set of sanctions against Russia for Moscow violating the Chemical Weapons Convention Act which Russia signed.

The Kremlin is in breech of the Act for employing the banned nerve-agent Novichok in an attempt to assassinate activist Alexei Navalny.

 

[Westphalian]

So boring and futile that it's barely worth commenting on. Just gesture politics for domestic US purposes.

 

[Rogue Valley]

So boring and futile that it's barely worth commenting on.

Yet you commented.

 

[Westphalian]

Yet you commented.

Well, I did preface it with 'barely'.

But seriously, can't you think of anything except sanctions? Personally I welcome them because it's fatally undermined the pro western sect in Russia, and forced us to become strategically independent in vital areas . So please pass on my thanks to your chums ............ keep up the 'sanctions' work

 

[Rogue Valley]

Well, I did preface it with 'barely'.

Yet you still commented.