Biden issues new sanctions on Russia in response to Navalny death

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The US has issued more than 500 new sanctions on Russia in response to the death of opposition activist Alexei Navalny and on the eve of the two-year anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The measures, announced by US President Joe Biden on Friday, are aimed at punishing human rights violators and slowing Vladimir Putin’s war machine.

Biden said the sanctions “will ensure Putin pays an even steeper price for his aggression abroad and repression at home”.

He said the measures would target “individuals connected to Navalny’s imprisonment”, as well as Russia’s financial sector, defence industry and procurement networks.

The sanctions would also target nearly 100 entities “for providing backdoor support for Russia’s war machine”.

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