The European Union contests new sanctions against Russia over the crackdown on opposition leader Alexei Navalny

The European Union (EU) will discuss in recent weeks new sanctions against Russian officials over the crackdown on opposition leader Alexei Navalny, which team negotiates these means of retaliation with representatives of the bloc, a gesture that Moscow calls a “traction”.

El jefe de la diplomacia europea, el español Josep Borrell, ahead of this March in front of the European Parliament, which proposes its sanctions on the blocs, who have an agenda to discuss relations with Russia during a March 25th and 26th summit.

“The United States [del bloque] decide the next step. Podrán includes sanctions. And presented concrete proposals“, Adelantó Borrell in a speech before the European Parliament to review details of his accidental visit to Moscow last week.

Borrell’s proposals will be launched on 22 February, during a meeting of the EU chancellors, and will also take place “Robust actions against misinformation, cyber attacks and other possible hybrid challenges”, he said.

The moon one of the principal collaborators of Navalni, Leonid Vólkov, dijo in the red Telegram that habia “discussed with representatives of the countries of the EU” a “package of sanctions” against “the most closed circle and partisans” of President Vladimir Putin.

In his discourse this March, Borrell explained that during his recent visit to Moscow he had approached the authorities with a meeting with Navalny, which was not ashamed to say that “a high member of my delegation met with a lawyer” of arrested director.

Possible sanctions

Vólkov, from his barn, assured that the sanctions that were the object of the Iranian conversations conducted, among others, with the oligarchs Román Abramóvich and Alisher Usmánov, the pro-Kremlin television presenter Vladimir Soloviov, al director de la cadena of television Pervy Kanal, Konstantin Ernst, al banquero Andréi Kostin yes Igor Shuválov, antiguo alto functionary of the governor.

The sanctions also affect the losers hijos del secretary general des Consejo de Seguridad ruso, Nikolái Pátrushev, the director of the Servicios de Seguridad (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, ya sometidos a sanciones.

The Polish delegation ahead of the EU confirmed on Twitter that a video conference with Vólkov and Vladimir Ashurkov, one of Navalny’s collaborators, will be held.

Estarán offers “Permanent Representatives of the 27”, together with the ambassadors of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Ukraine, aggregate.

Putin’s detractor’s number one Putin also pissed off at the Russian halls, on the night of February 14, in the patios of his houses with a telephone, a lamp or a wheel on the mano, in support of Nalvani.

“Traction”

Moscow’s response to the sanctions initiative is not expected. The spokesperson for Russian diplomacy, Maria Zajarova, denounced a “traition”.

‘I have a totally incomprehensible far as people who have the future of Russia can correct those who consider Russia as their adversary“, Declared on television Russia 24.

The port of the Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov, considers the apropiado legisllar para calificar van die “criminal acts” los llamamientos a sanciones contra Rusia. Hecho, a proposal from ley in this sense is in preparation.

Russia has been the object of multiple sanctions, mainly for the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the case of the appointment of ex-agent Serguéi Skripal in 2018.

The UE has advertised on multiple occasions the The immediate release of Navalny, who had been arrested since January 17 in his recovery in Moscow from Germany, was recovering from an assassination attempt on Putin.

The UE also announced the repression of the demonstrations claiming the release of the opponent, with miles of detainees. For the authorities, there are protests in the authorized area, all due to the pandemic.

Además el pasado viernes, in coincidence with the visit of Borrell, Moscow expelled three diplomats from Germany, Sweden and Poland, accusing them of participating in their demonstrations.

In retaliation, the three European countries expel Russian diplomats.

With AFP information

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