Navalny case, the US imposes sanctions on 7 Russian officials

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March 02, 2021 There is also the director of the FSB, Bortnikov, the Russian secret services, in the crosshairs of the sanctions imposed by the US Treasury Department on seven Moscow officials for the poisoning of the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny.

The US has sanctioned the freezing of assets and the ban on the granting of visas, as well as to 

, also to the head of the Kremlin's directorate for policies,

, creator of a task force to counter Navalny's influence.

Also

the first chief of staff of the Kremlin and responsible for the internal policies of the Presidency, the two deputy defense ministers,

, which also includes chemical weapons, and

, the director of the Prison Service,

, who organized the prosecution for Navalny's latest trial, and Attorney General

. 

"The Kremlin's use of chemical weapons to silence a political opponent and intimidate others demonstrates flagrant disregard for international norms," ​​said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

The White House today leaked the existence of an intelligence report concluding that it was the FSB that orchestrated last August's operation against the opponent.

The US has also extended restrictions on exports to Russia of material that could be used for the production of chemical and biological agents.

The FSB laboratories, GosNIIOKhT, 33rd TsNIII, the 27th Scientific Center, the military services of the Crane and the agents of the Crane Alexander Yevgeniyevich Mishkin and Anatoliy Vladimirovich Chepiga for having been involved in activities or transactions that contributed to the proliferation were also affected by sanctions of weapons of mass destruction. 

The Russian Foreign Ministry has defined the sanctions imposed by the US State Department on Russian officials as a "hostile act". The news agency Sputnik reports. The new US sanctions represent an attack against Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry continued in a note, adding that the alleged poisoning of Navalny as a basis for sanctions represents the "triumph of the absurd". 

"The United Kingdom welcomes with I favor the EU and US sanctions against those responsible for the poisoning and arbitrary detention of Aleksei Navalny. "British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab wrote on Twitter on the day in which Washington also announced sanctions against seven senior Russian officials. "We will continue to work closely with international partners to make Russia accountable for violations of its chemical weapons obligations

and human rights ", concludes Raab's tweet.