EU foreign ministers agree to impose new sanctions on Russia over treatment of opposition leader Navalny MarketWatch 2/24/2021
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BRUSSELS (AP) European Union foreign ministers have agreed this week to impose new sanctions against Russian officials linked to the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and expressed concern that the government in Moscow appears to see the 27-nation bloc as an adversary.
“We reached a political agreement to impose restrictive measures against those responsible for [Navalny’s] arrest and sentencing and persecution,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said after chairing their meeting in Brussels. He gave no details about the sanctions but said he hoped they would be finalized in about a week.