The US authorities plan to impose sanctions against ten Russian officials in connection with the situation around Alexei Navalny (founder of the Anti-Corruption Fund, included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent). This was reported by TASS and RIA Novosti with reference to Bloomberg, but it was not possible to find the corresponding publication on the agency’s website or its reprints in the foreign press.
A spokesman for the US administration also said that US sanctions will be comparable to the measures that the European Union will take.
Earlier it was reported that the United States plans to impose sanctions against Russia in connection with the situation around Navalny as early as Tuesday, March 2. The Kremlin assessed the possible introduction of new restrictions against Moscow, announced earlier by Washington, noting that the policy of imposing sanctions against Russia, which a number of countries adhere to, does not achieve its goals.
On March 1, White House representatives told CNN that the administration of the head of the White House, Joe Biden, is preparing to impose sanctions against Russia. Officials said this would be done in consultation with the European Union. It was noted that the measures and timing will be clarified by US and EU officials in the coming days. Presumably, the sanctions will affect both individuals and legal entities.
In early February, the Simonovsky Court of Moscow replaced Navalny’s suspended sentence with a real one for violating the conditions for observing the probationary period in the Yves Rocher case. The UFSIN asked to appoint him a sentence of imprisonment in a colony for a period of 3.5 years. Navalny was charged with 60 violations of public order after a suspended sentence and given him 2 years and 8 months in prison, taking into account the year spent under house arrest during the preliminary investigation in the Yves Rocher case. Later, his sentence was reduced and he will spend 2 years and 6 months in the colony.