Biden to Announce Sanctions on Russia , for Navalny’s Death.
Biden to Announce Sanctions on Russia , for Navalny’s Death.
On Feb. 19, President Joe Biden confirmed that his administration will announce sanctions on Russia later in the week.
The sanctions are the administration's way of holding Russia accountable for the death of Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition leader. .
What I came to tell you was we’d
be announcing sanctions on Russia.
We’ll have a major package
announced on Friday, President Joe Biden, via statement.
National Security Council John Kirby also said that the sanctions were in response to the country's continued war with Ukraine.
Navalny, 47, who was serving a 30-year sentence "on charges of extremism and fraud that he denied," was transferred to a Russian penal colony in 2023, NBC News reports.
Navalny, 47, who was serving a 30-year sentence "on charges of extremism and fraud that he denied," was transferred to a Russian penal colony in 2023, NBC News reports.
On Feb. 16, the penal colony, located above the Arctic Circle, said that Nalvany died.
On February 16, 2024, in penal
colony No. 3, convict A.A. Navalny
felt unwell after a walk, almost
immediately losing consciousness, The prison service for the Yamalo-Nenets region, via statement.
No further details have
been provided about his death.
Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnaya,
claims that her husband was murdered,
and Russia is attempting to cover it up.
Biden seemed to echo those
accusations on Feb. 16.
Make no mistake, Putin is
responsible for Navalny’s death.
Putin is responsible. What has
happened to Navalny is yet more
proof of Putin’s brutality. , President Joe Biden, via statement.
No one should be fooled —
not in Russia, not at home,
not anywhere in the world. , President Joe Biden, via statement.
Putin does not only target his
[the] citizens of other countries,
as we’ve seen what’s going on in
Ukraine right now, he also inflicts
terrible crimes on his own people, President Joe Biden, via statement