LONDON: Britain on Wednesday (Feb 21) imposed sanctions on six people answerable for the Arctic penal colony the place Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died last week.
Western leaders have expressed outrage on the information from Russian authorities that Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most outstanding home critic, had fallen unconscious and died in jail on Friday.
These sanctioned, together with the top and 5 deputy heads of the penal colony, shall be banned from the UK and have their property frozen, British Overseas Secretary David Cameron mentioned in an announcement.
“It is clear that the Russian authorities noticed Navalny as a risk and so they tried repeatedly to silence him … nobody ought to doubt the oppressive nature of the Russian system,” he mentioned.
“These liable for Navalny’s brutal therapy needs to be below no phantasm – we are going to maintain them accountable.”
Cameron had vowed motion on the matter on Saturday, whereas London summoned the Russian ambassador to clarify it held Russian authorities “absolutely accountable” for Navalny’s loss of life.
Russia, which has denied involvement within the loss of life of the 47-year-old former lawyer, mentioned on Saturday that it was unacceptable for Britain to intervene in its inside affairs.
