EU postpresidents agree on sanctions against Russia over Navalny case

European Union countries have agreed to impose sanctions against Russians involved in the Navalny case. A list of individuals on the new sanctions list for Alexei Navalny will be published this week.

 

Permanent representatives of EU countries have agreed to impose personal sanctions against Russians involved in the arrest of Alexei Navalny. This was reported by RIA Novosti and TASS, citing sources in the delegations.

 

The restrictive measures will be imposed as part of the sanctions regime on human rights violations.

 

It became known on February 22 that the foreign ministers of 27 EU countries decided to introduce new sanctions against Russians, who, according to the EU, are responsible for persecuting Navalny. European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell said it was the first time the EU had resorted to a global regime of sanctions for human rights violations. The list of Russians to be sanctioned is not yet known and will be published later this week in the EU's official magazine.

 

 

 

The head of the European Council has called the deadline for approving new sanctions against Russia Politics

 

 

 

Navalny was detained after returning to Russia from Germany, where he had been undergoing treatment since August after allegedly being poisoned. The FSIN demanded that his suspended sentence in the "Yves Rocher" case be changed to a real one. The Federal Penitentiary Service explained this by the fact that Navalny repeatedly violated the conditions of his release from prison and failed to appear on time to register with the penal inspection, including after his discharge from Berlin's Charite hospital. At the same time, Navalny was under investigation for defamation because of his commentary on a video supporting the Constitution featuring a veteran.