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Gabrielius Landsbergis does not rule out the possibility that if deliberations in the EU take time, Lithuania could apply sanctions to the people who initiated the arrest and imprisonment of the Russian opposition.
“I must admit that this court decision was not surprising. At a meeting of the Community’s foreign ministers in Brussels last week, we said that there was a high probability that Vladimir Putin would do everything possible to keep Mr Naval in prison. The promise was made that if A. Navaln remained in prison, if he was given a real prison sentence, Europe would impose sanctions, “G. Landsbergis told BNS.
“I hope that the promise has been realistic, so we must return to this issue immediately, without waiting for another advice,” added the minister.
According to G. Landsbergis, he already discussed this issue with the Latvian and Estonian foreign ministers on Tuesday.
“I think there may be united statements and appeals to like-minded people in Europe. If we see that decisions take longer, I do not rule out the possibility that we should also consider adding to the national sanctions list people who contributed to the incarceration of A. Navaln, ”said G. Landsbergis.
A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced Navalns to 3.5 years in prison for violating the terms of a one-and-a-half year suspended sentence. Given the time he was in custody, A. Navalnas must remain in the general regime correctional colony for two years and eight months.
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