The Biden administration is unveiling more than 500 new sanctions against Russia and the entities supporting its human rights abuses and war effort in Ukraine.
The tranche of sanctions is the largest unveiled since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago, and seeks to hold Moscow to account for the war and the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, President Joe Biden said in a prepared statement.
“Today, I am announcing more than 500 new sanctions against Russia for its ongoing war of conquest on Ukraine and for the death of Aleksey Navalny, who was a courageous anti-corruption activist and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s fiercest opposition leader,” President Biden said….