EU imposes sanctions against Russia over Navalny's death. EU wants to name its sanctions instrument after Navalny.
Plans by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell also envisage renaming the EU sanctions instrument for punishing serious human rights violations in the future. Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny died in a prison camp in mid-February. The circumstances of his death are still unclear. According to authorities, Putin's harshest critic collapsed at the age of 47 during a tour of the icy prison yard. Attempts at resuscitation were unsuccessful.