Wednesday, February 21, 2024

sanctions over Navalny’s death

 


A person in a crowd holds a sign with a picture of Aleksei A. Navalny and the text “Alexey Navalny Was Murdered.”
Protesters at the Russian Embassy in Washington. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

U.S. is preparing sanctions over Navalny’s death

The Biden administration is preparing “major sanctions” against Russia over the death of the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, a White House official said yesterday.

The official said details of the penalties would be announced on Friday.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Biden administration has announced a series of sanctions that the U.S. hoped would hobble Russia economically and militarily. But in spite of the moves, the I.M.F. said last month that Russia’s economy was growing faster than expected.

Related: Yulia Navalnaya, Navalny’s widow, who has taken up his cause, started an account on X that was briefly suspended yesterday.

Other reactions: Donald Trump compared himself to Navalny while discussing his own legal woes at a Fox News town hall.


Morning Briefing: Europe Edition

February 21, 2024


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