President Joe Biden’s administration holds the Kremlin responsible for the death of the jailed opposition leader.
The United States will announce new sanctions against Russia on Friday.
Sanctions are set as punishment for the opposition leader To Alexei Navalny death and Russia’s ever-increasing attack on Ukraine.
The White House spokeswoman announced the new sanctions on Tuesday John Kirby.
Speaking to the press in a video call, Kirby did not specify what kind of sanctions the Biden administration will impose on Russia.
– The purpose of the sanctions package is to hold Russia accountable for what happened to Navalny, Kirby commented.
Russia’s most famous opposition leader Aleksei Navalnyi died on Friday in captivity in Siberia. His cause of death is currently unclear.
Navalny’s supporters and Western leaders have held the Kremlin responsible for Navalny’s death.
– Regardless of what story the Russian regime decides to try to tell the world, it is clear that the president Vladimir Putin and his administration are responsible for Navalny’s death, Kirby said.
Difficult to get information
According to Russian prison authorities, Navalnyi lost consciousness on Friday after a walk and died soon after.
Kirby said the United States is pressing Russia for “full transparency†about what happened to Navalny and how he died.
According to the White House, the US embassy in Moscow has tried to obtain more information about the events that led to Navalny’s death, but so far little information has been obtained.
Kirby says the problem is that you can’t trust the word of the Russian authorities.
– It is difficult to get to the point where we could trust what the Russians said about Navalny’s death, Kirby formulated.
Source: Reuters