Moscow says it will retaliate against US senators who are proposing that Russian lawmakers approve the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny in Novichok.
A two-way bill was introduced Thursday by
Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Mitt
Romney (R-Utah), and Chris Van Hollen (D). Presented on Thursday. - MD)
"Involved in blatant violations of international law" with the aim of
punishing Russian authorities.
Although the "Holding Russia
Accountable Activities Act of 2020" is considered admirable by US
senators, such as electoral interference and the accumulation of wealth through
Kremlin insiders. There was a catalyst for this move.
Announcing the bill in a press release,
Rumi said: "The attack on Alexei Navalny highlights the corruption and
illegality of the Putin government.
Navalny was discharged’ from Berlin's
Charity Hospital on Thursday, where he was treated for poisoning. His team says
the Kremlin was responsible, although Moscow denies any involvement. ۔
Along with the Kremlin's refusal, there
are demands for proof of Olympic poisoning, with doctors at Omsk Hospital where
he was originally treated insisted that Berlin's medical experts say he made
her ill.
On Thursday, the first vice chairman of
the Russian Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs
Vladimir Zhabarov was outraged by the
possibility of US sanctions’ and vowed to respond’ in kind.
"I would personally suggest such a
response to my colleagues. It is necessary to impose similar personal sanctions
against these senators and those who voted for this law," he said.
According to.
"It does not comply with any of the
principles of international law. The person is alive and well, the clinic did
not give a medical report on the causes of his poisoning, only statements from
politicians, and then sanctions. "It's illegal," he added.
The senators' proposed bill also calls on
Congress to pressure Berlin to withdraw its support for the Nordstream 2 gas
pipeline between Russia and Germany.
The call for sanctions against Russia is
well-proportioned, with one aide to Navalny saying that if such measures were
more widespread, they would fall into the hands of the Kremlin.
Leonid Volkov told Deutsche Welle:
"Whenever there is a major round of sectorial sanctions anywhere in
Europe, they open a big box of champagne in the Kremlin, because it allows
Kremlin propaganda to support its narrative." Has a great opportunity,
such as: 'The whole west is against us.'
Russian opposition activist Vladimir
Kara-Murza, who helped lead the Congress-passed Magnitsky Act, which has been
introduced’ in five other countries to punish Russian authorities for human
rights abuses, in 2015 and 2017. He was poisoned’ twice.
He says sanctions need to target
officials, not the country, telling Newsweek: "Millions should be targeted
and why should they be punished for being a small, unelected, irresponsible
person at the top." On the steps of the group? "
"Once Putin is in power, there should
be no resemblance to a political government that speaks to its opponents in the
language of poison and bullets.
"I have no doubt that the day will
come when all those involved in the assassination attempt on Alexei Navalny
will be brought to justice, sentenced and sentenced to life in prison.
"Obviously it's just going on," he said, adding that once Putin's
government is out of power.
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