The United States has announced more than five hundred new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine and the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
These include measures against Russia’s main card payment system, financial and military institutions, and officials involved in Navalny’s imprisonment.
The European Union has also announced new sanctions on access to military technology, marking a week since Navalny suddenly died in an Arctic Circle jail.
US President Joe Biden, who met the critic’s widow and daughter in San Francisco on Thursday, has said there can be “no doubt” the Russian president was to blame for his death.
However, it is unclear what impact the sanctions will have on Russia’s economy as the newly-announced US measures also include nearly one hundred firms and individuals which will also face export restrictions.
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