The sanctions will be carried out at the initiative of the President of the United States. They seek to hold Russia “accountable” for the death of the Russian opposition leader.
USA will announce a “sanctions” package against Russia for the death in prison of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. This was confirmed from the White House, from where they also indicated that the measures will be announced next Friday.
“At the initiative of the president (Joe) Biden“On Friday of this week we will announce an important package of sanctions to hold Russia accountable for what happened to Navalny,” the spokesperson for the National Security Council told reporters. John Kirby.
The objective of US sanctions against Russia
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During a press conference, the spokesperson said that the objective will be “take responsibility“to Russia for the death of Navalni. In addition, they will seek punish the president, Vladimir Putin, for the “ferocious” and “brutal” war that he still carries out against Ukraine.
The truth is that Kirby did not specify what sanctions he will impose. USA about Russia. What is known is that the country has already imposed several of them after it invaded Ukraine, as have been the economic restrictions.
After the death of Alexei Navalny, the United States’s president He gave a speech at the White House where he took aim directly at Putin and held responsible for the death of the opposition leader. In those same statements, she had anticipated that they were evaluating how to respond to what happened.
Even, according to EFE, in one meeting between Joe Biden and Putin During the year 2021, the president of the United States warned him that there would be “devastating consequences“for the country if Navalni died in prison.
Alexei Navalny’s widow accused Putin
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of the Russian opponent accused Vladimir Putin of killing her husband. In a meeting with the ministers of EU Foreign RelationsYulia stated that her husband “could not be broken” and that is why the president of Russia would have killed him.
Furthermore, he promised that he will find out “who carried out this crime” and assured “I will continue the work of Alexéi Navalni.” Finally, he asked that they be by his side and maintained that “it is not a shame to do little, it is a shame to do nothing, it is a shame let yourself be scared“.
Source: Ambito
