The US government is targeting Russia’s arms production with new sanctions.
About 200 companies and 80 individuals in third countries such as China, Belgium and Slovakia, which allegedly support Russia in supplying materials for its weapons program, are affected by the sanctions, the ministry explained yesterday (05.01.24). US Finance. The sanctions also target Russia’s manufacturing of chemical and biological weapons.
Also yesterday, the US State Department accused Moscow of using various irritant gases in its war of aggression against Ukraine, thereby violating the United Nations Chemical Weapons Convention.
Sanctions are also being imposed on three people allegedly connected to the death of Alexei Navalny.
The Kremlin adversary died in Russian custody in February. The politician, weakened by a poison attack in 2020 and repeated isolation at the camp, is said to have collapsed during a tour of the prison’s icy courtyard and died despite resuscitation efforts.
According to Navalny’s team, the death certificate states “natural” causes. Navalny’s relatives are talking about murder.
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