2024-05-28 19:28:36
The brand new sanctions will goal people and organizations chargeable for persecution and repression of opposition activists.
About 20 people and authorized entities have been chosen for inclusion within the first listing of these topic to sanctions, diplomats say.
The sanctions embody a ban on entry into the EU and the freezing of belongings below the bloc’s jurisdiction.
As reported, Navalny died in jail on February 16.
He was detained in January 2021 whereas getting back from Germany, the place he was receiving therapy after a poisoning try by Russian Federal Safety Service (FSB) brokers.
In February of the identical 12 months, Navalny was sentenced to 2 and a half years in jail for allegedly violating the phrases of the suspended jail sentence he was sentenced to in 2014, whereas receiving therapy in Germany. In March of the next 12 months, he was sentenced to a different 9 years in jail for “fraud” and “contempt of court docket”, and in August 2023 – to 19 years in jail for “extremism”.
On the finish of December final 12 months, he was transferred to the particular regime colony, which was constructed within the 60s of the final century on the location of the previous Gulag camp.
The authorities of Russia’s totalitarian regime declare that the reason for Navalny’s dying was “pure”, however his relations and associates, in addition to the worldwide group, imagine that he was really murdered.
2024-05-28 19:28:36