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Original title: Russia’s three consecutive responses to the new US and European sanctions:
Sergei Lavrov. (Source: Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)Overseas Network, March 3 Due to Navaline’s imprisonment, a Russian opposition activist, the United States and the European Union simultaneously announced new sanctions against Russia on the 2nd. In response, Russia gave three consecutive responses on the same day.
According to the latest report from Russia’s Satellite News Agency, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on the 2nd that the US sanctions decision was a ridiculous victory, a hostile attack and would not affect the politics of Russia.
“All this is just an excuse to continue to openly interfere in our internal affairs. We will not swallow our anger. We will respond on the basis of the principle of reciprocity, but the response does not have to be the same,” Zakharova said.
According to the Russian news agency TASS, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also responded to the US and European sanctions on the 2nd, saying they would impose counter-sanctions on the US and Europe. Lavrov stressed that the United States and Europe have no evidence of allegations against Russia in response to the Navaline poisoning incident. Russian presidential press secretary Peskov also responded on the same day that US and European sanctions on Russia would not achieve their goals.
A senior representative of the US government announced on the 2nd that the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 14 organizations and 7 Russian citizens due to the poisoning of the Russian opposition activist Navalny. Frozen, while subject to visa restrictions.
On the 2nd, the European Union announced in its official gazette that it would impose sanctions on four Russian citizens. The restrictive measures adopted include a travel ban to the European Union and the freezing of personal property. In addition, the Communiqué prohibits any natural or legal person from providing funds to the persons listed. The sanctions will take effect on the date of the announcement.
On August 20, 2020, Navaline felt bad on the Tomsk-Moscow flight. After the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, it was taken to a local hospital. The Omsk Hospital stated that no toxic substances were found in Navalin’s blood or urine. After obtaining permission from the Russian authorities, Navariny’s family sent Navariny, who was in a coma, to the Charité Hospital in Germany for treatment on August 22 of the same year. The German Bundeswehr laboratory, as well as several independent European laboratories such as Sweden and France, later announced that traces of Novichok-like agents had been found in laboratory samples from Navalny. Russia sent three requests for legal assistance to Germany within a month regarding the situation at Navaline, but received no response.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has stated on many occasions that the West and the OPCW have withheld key evidence because they have not provided Russia with information about the so-called substances that caused the Navalny poisoning.
