in particular, the us sanctioned three government officials involved in navalny s imprisonment. nearly 100 firms and individuals will face restrictions on exports. russia s main payment system, mir, is targeted in the fresh measures. additionally, companies involved in powering russia s war effort, its energy production, and its cooperation with iran on drone technology will also be hit. the penalties go beyond russia s borders, as people in china, the united arab emirates, vietnam and liechtenstein have also been sanctioned. they re accused of being connected to businesses that send materials to russia s military. against the backdrop of those sanctions, a spokeswoman for the late russian opposition leader says officials are threatening to bury mr navalny at the arctic prison where he died last week. his mother, lyudmila navalnaya, has reportedly been given the choice between accepting thatarrangement, oragreeing to a secret burial without mourners. the kremlin denies allega
perhaps history would have taken a different turn if ukraine would have been admitted into nato, that war would have never happened because i believe russia wouldn t have dared attack nato. and today we have a war. but i believe and i want to stress this, to conclude this part, because it s what you re referring to. i do not believe that russia will attack nato countries, any nato countries, that it will dare to have an open war against nato s with the north atlantic alliance. if you take a look at article five on collective defense and if you take into account how far over the last two years russia has been trying to conquer ukraine, it hasn t been able to deal with the ukrainian nation. and the heroism. it s interesting you talk about collective defense because i want to talk about donald trump and his comments a few weeks ago. you know him very well because you chaired the nato summit here in warsaw that he attended. you signed a strategic partnership with him back in 2018
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russia s main card payment system, its financial and military institutions, and officials involved in navalny s imprisonment all have been issued new sanctions. as the united states targets those who it says were responsible for alexei navalny s death, a spokeswoman for the late russian opposition leader says officials are threatening to bury mr navalny at the arctic prison where he died last week. his mother, lyudmila navalnaya, has reportedly been given the choice between accepting that arrangement or agreeing to a secret burial without mourners. the kremlin denies allegations it was involved in mr navalny s death. those denials from the kremlin are getting little attention here in washington hence today s sanctions. the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg has more. he died in prison a week ago, but when and where will alexei navalny be laid to rest? for six days now, in this remote part of russia, his mother lyudmila has been trying to recover his body without success.