Navalny Supporters: EU Sanctions on Russia Are Too Weak – By Jamie Dettmer (VOA News) / Feb 23 2021
A European Union foreign ministers’ decision to impose fresh sanctions on Russia for jailing Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has frustrated Russian political activists, who say the proposed punitive action is feeble and warn it will have little impact on Moscow.
The EU agreed Monday to impose what it described as “landmark sanctions” against several senior Russian security service officials over the Kremlin’s crackdown on Navalny and his supporters.
The sanctions are the first under a new European mechanism to punish human rights abusers, which can include bans on entering the bloc and freezing any EU-based assets.
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