White House to target Russia with ‘major sanctions’ in response to Navalny’s death

The White House will announce a new “major sanctions” package on Friday “to hold Russia accountable” in response to Alexei Navalny’s death, said National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby.

“Whatever story the Russian government decides to tell the world, it’s clear that President [Vladimir] Putin and his government are responsible for Mr. Navalny’s death,” Kirby said Tuesday morning.

Russia is already heavily sanctioned. Kirby did not go into detail about what the new package would include.

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