The U.S. will announce a major package of sanctions against Russia on Friday over the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the two-year Ukraine war, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Tuesday.
The package will "hold Russia accountable for what happened to Mr. Navalny" and for its actions over the course of the war in Ukraine, Kirby said, without providing details on the sanctions measures.
Speaking to reporters on a conference call, Kirby said the United States is pressing Russia for "complete transparency" on how Navalny died last Friday at an Arctic penal colony.
The prison service said at the time that Navalny fell unconscious after a walk and died. U.S. President Joe Biden has blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The United States already has issued a wide array of sanctions related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
"Whatever story the Russian government decides to tell the world, it's clear that President Putin and his government are responsible for Mr. Navalny's death," Kirby said.
Kirby said the U.S. embassy in Moscow has been seeking more information about Navalny's death "but it's difficult to get a point where you can be confident in what the Russians would say about his death."
@QuicheAndyGreen4mos4MO
As Navalny would speak, and one could almost dare to dream that a different Russia could exist. It's a country with tremendous resources, a hard-working people, and endless corruption that enriches only the connected. Russia's been that way for hundreds of years. Navalny fought the good fight, talking about rights of the people, fairness, and democracy. The dictator had to make him go-- there was an election to steal & the people were getting too hopeful. Know this-- Putin hates America for its freedom because he knows if the Russian people understood it was real-- then they would never put up with "the system" in Russia.
@ImportedKittenDemocrat4mos4MO
And Trump thinks he can make deals with this guy Putin? What a joke.
Obama made deal with ayatollahs, he was praised for that. Are they better?
@ImportedKittenDemocrat4mos4MO
I'd think he could do better fighting Russia outside of Russia.
@QuicheAndyGreen4mos4MO
On the contrary, Navalny knew full well that his death (which he deliberately exposed himself to by returning to Russia after Putin's attempt to poison him) will inspire hope and pride in the Russian people and will help unite a fractious West against Putin. Putin can get away with murdering a criminal like Prigozhin, but he has met his match in a hero like Navalny. Mark my words, Putin is going down.
Navalny was a courageous voice of dissent against Putin's kleptocracy. He could have stayed quiet and lived a life of leisure in the U.S. or western Europe. Time will tell if his efforts were in vain, that will be up to the Russian people. What is beyond dispute is that Putin is scum.
@ChamoisAudreyRepublican4mos4MO
He didn't 'die' in prison. He was murdered.
@LeftLaneLilyRepublican4mos4MO
Tucker Carlson praised Russian supermarkets. Oh, right, Hitler built nice highways.
@CuriousViperDemocrat4mos4MO
This is why Ukraine fights. They know Russia and they want a different life and country. We should stop dithering and support them.
@L1bertyEmmaLibertarian4mos4MO
no one supported the Taliban, yet they defeated the US. The Ukraine should win or lose based on its own efforts
@CuriousViperDemocrat4mos4MO
The important thing to remember is that an American President should trust Putin's assurances over the assessments of all of the US national security and defense agencies -- because Putin is "a genius." In fact, it would be good if an American President would encourage Russia "to do whatever the hell they want" to NATO countries that spend less than 2% of their GDP on defense -- because the US has no particular interest in whether the countries of Europe are attacked by Russia. If this happens, we can always just close our eyes and ignore it.
@L1bertyEmmaLibertarian4mos4MO
No, you missed the part Putin being genius cause he attacked when somebody like Biden was in the office.
@LeftLaneLilyRepublican4mos4MO
The afghans didn't fight for themselves. No wonder the taliban are still there.
@LeftLaneLilyRepublican4mos4MO
Exactly.
Ukraine knows only brutality, oppression and subjugation awaits them if Russia wins.
They have no other choice but to fight.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
With all due respect, Vladimir Putin is not Adolf Hitler
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@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
"Excessive partiality for one foreign nation [Ukraine] and excessive dislike of another [Russia], cause those whom they actuate [the Neocons & Democrats] to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real Patriots, who may resist the intrigues of the favorite, are liable to become suspected and odious; [think of all the hell the mainstream media is giving the evil "MAGA REPUBLICANS"] while its tools and dupes [the military-industrial complex, defence contractors, weapons manufacturers, and politicians getting rich off of bloodshed]Read more
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