EU, UK Sanction Russian Officials for Poisoning of Politician
The European Union and the United Kingdom sanctioned six Russian Federation officials and one entity for the poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, they said in Oct. 15 news releases. The sanctions target Andrei Veniaminovich Yarin, Sergei Vladilenovich Kiriyenko, Sergei Ivanovich Menyailo, Aleksandr Vasilievich Bortnikov, Pavel Anatolievich Popov and Aleksei Yurievich Krivoruchko. The sanctions also target Russia’s State Scientific Research Institute for Organic Chemistry and Technology.
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The designations “significantly punish Russia’s reckless and malign behaviour,” and called on Russia to begin a transparent investigation, the U.K. said. “The sanctions ... send a strong signal that there are consequences for the use of chemical weapons.”