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US targets Russia with

more than 500 new
sanctions
1 hour ago

War in Ukraine

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By George Wright
BBC News

The United States has announced more than 500

new sanctions against Russia over its invasion of
Ukraine and the death in custody of the
opposition figure Alexei Navalny.

The sanctions target people connected to Navalny's

imprisonment and Russia's war machine, President
Joe Biden said.

Export restrictions will be imposed on nearly 100

firms or individuals.

The EU also announced sanctions, which Moscow

responded to by banning EU officials from entering
Russia.

It is unclear what impact the sanctions will have on

Russia's economy.

In a statement, President Biden said the sanctions

"will ensure" Russian President Vladimir Putin "pays
an even steeper price for his aggression abroad and
repression at home".

The sanctions mark a week since Navalny suddenly

died in an Arctic Circle jail. Mr Biden has said there
can be "no doubt" the Russian president was to
blame.

The sanctions also come on the eve of the second

anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of
Ukraine.

"Two years ago, he tried to wipe Ukraine off the

map. If Putin does not pay the price for his death
and destruction, he will keep going," Mr Biden said
in the statement.

On Friday, the EU also announced its own ra of

sanctions on nearly 200 companies and people
accused of helping Russia procure weapons, or of
involvement in kidnapping Ukrainian children,
something Moscow denies.

They included 10 Russian companies and

individuals involved in the shipping of North Korean
armaments to Russia, including North Korea's
defence minister.

The EU has now listed more than 2,000 individuals

since the war started.

In response, Russia's foreign ministry said it had

significantly expanded a list of EU officials and
politicians banned from entering Russia.

"The European Union is continuing its fruitless

attempts to put pressure on Russia through
unilateral restrictive measures," it said in a
statement.

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