EU foreign ministers agree on sanctions over Navalny's death - media

EU foreign ministers agree on sanctions over Navalny's death - media

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March 18 2024, 02:58 PM  •  23718 views

EU foreign ministers agree on sanctions against Russia over the death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The EU foreign ministers have agreed on sanctions over the death of imprisoned Russian politician Alexei Navalny.  This was reported by Radio Liberty correspondent Ricard Jozwiak, UNN reports.

EU foreign ministers have given the green light to the Navalny sanctions. They will be officially adopted on Wednesday

- wrote Yozvyak in the social network X.

Addendum

Earlier, Jozwiak reported that  the European Union was preparing sanctions against about 30 Russians and Russian companies over Navalny's death. 

On February 29, the European Parliament adopted a resolutionstating that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was murdered and that the Russian authorities and President Vladimir Putin personally bear responsibility for his murder.

The resolution also says that the best response to the Kremlin is to support Ukraine.

Recall

On March 1, the funeral and burial of Russian politician Alexei Navalny, who died in a prison colony on February 16, took place in Moscow.