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EU prepares Navalny sanctions for six Russians

Nikola Kiš by Nikola Kiš
15 October 2020
in World, Features
EU prepares Navalny sanctions for six Russians
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Brussels (Brussels Morning) Unnamed EU officials cited by DPA and AFP say the bloc has agreed to impose sanctions against six Russians and one organization over the poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, according to DW reporting on Wednesday.

Sources say EU ambassadors meeting in Brussels agreed to freeze assets and impose travel bans, leaving exact details to be decided in coming days. The sources pointed out that sanctions will be levelled against Russian security apparatus officials, adding that the organization in question is the Russian State Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology.

Russia still denies any involvement, with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov threatening to cut diplomatic ties with Western countries if they proceed with announced sanctions. On Tuesday, Lavrov indicated it was likely the Kremlin would have to stop talking at least temporarily with foreign policy makers in the West. He was critical of the people in question, claiming they failed to understand the importance of mutually respectful dialogue. Next day, Wednesday, he warned that Russia would respond in kind to any sanctions initiated by the West. 

Last week, Germany and France proposed sanctions against Russia, to be targeted at individuals considered responsible for the breach of international law by virtue of their official function. Given that Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, both countries concurred that action should be taken against bodies that are involved in the Novichok programme.

The Kremlin asserted on Wednesday that the EU was treating it unfairly over the Navalny incident and that this was intolerable, Reuters reported. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was not the one shutting down dialogue, reiterating that the EU’s treatment of Russia was unacceptable.

According to the New York Times, the blacklisted Russian officials are Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB RF) Director Alexander Bortnikov, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration Sergey Kiriyenko, Presidential Domestic Policy Directorate head Andrei Yarin, Presidential Envoy of the Siberian Federal District Sergey Menyaylo and deputy defence ministers Alexey Krivoruchko and Pavel Popov, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

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Nikola Kiš

Nikola Kiš

Nikola is Brussels Morning political affairs reporter, covering Germany, France, and Italy. Based in Zagreb, he is a translator with 18 years of experience reporting on political and business affairs.

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