After the announcement of the death of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opponent, who died in prison in circumstances still unknown, the tension does not subside. Western chancelleries are summoning Russian ambassadors in turn and considering new sanctions against Moscow. Overview.
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After London which had summoned diplomats from the Russian embassy on Friday evening, to inform them that the Russian authorities would be held “ fully responsible » of the death of the number one opponent in the Kremlin, this Monday several European governments did the same.
Berlin first, followed by Stockholm which also took the initiative at European level to examine the possibility of new sanctions against Moscow. Madrid, The Hague, Oslo then Paris followed suit, summoning the Russian ambassadors of the respective countries, to ask them for clarification on the death of Alexei Navalny, dont the body has still not been returned to family or loved ones.
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The rhetoric has even hardened in Brussels where the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell warned, after meeting the widow of the Russian opponent, that Vladimir Putin will have to “ accountable » for the death of Navalny. At the end of a meeting with EU foreign ministers, the Twenty-Seven called for the holding of a “ independent and transparent international investigation into the circumstances of this sudden death “.
Finally, in Washington, American President Joe Biden said he was considering new sanctions against Russia, which would be added to a battery of sanctions already applied against Moscow since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
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