Posted on 02/20/2024 11:51:02 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. will announce a major package of sanctions against Russia on Friday over the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the two-year Ukraine war, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. Biden, speaking to reporters as he departed on a trip to California, did not give details but said he would provide more information about the package on Friday. The package will "hold Russia accountable for what happened to Mr. Navalny" and for its actions over the course of the war in Ukraine, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said, without providing details on the sanctions measures. Speaking to reporters on a conference call, Kirby said the United States is pressing Russia for "complete transparency" on how Navalny died last Friday at an Arctic penal colony. The prison service said at the time that Navalny fell unconscious after a walk and died. Biden has blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin. The United States already has issued a wide array of sanctions related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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We weren’t imposing “major” restrictions before?
A ruling regime that seeks to eliminate the leading figure of the political opposition.
Is the current US administration opposed to this sort of thing? or in favor of it? I’m confused.
Prepare for that day - I am.
So is Russia going to put some sanctions on OBiden for democrat treatment of Trump?
It that is true, then, how is that sanction working?
There's better than an even chance that this new sanction will work just as well.
This is the classic definition of insanity at work. If at first you don't succeed try the same thing again for a different result.
The government needs to be limited to how much they can use sanctions
Why?
This Biden announcement might be somewhat rhetorical. If nothing else, it gives the media something to do.
Is the current US administration opposed to this sort of thing? or in favor of it? I’m confused.
An awesome troll by Maria Zakhorova would be to announce major sanctions against the United States for the Trump fines - seeking to eliminate the leading figure of the political opposition.
My guess is that this is for the gullible and virtue signalers.
We can’t even trust that our corrupt intelligence agencies did not do the hit on the guy…just to poor gas on the russia russia russia, we gotta fund against russia and putin!!
Maybe cause an uprising?
Get some funding for the machine!
Why would Putin off the guy who is already in jail anyway?
Who do we believe …Biden??
$$$$$$$$$$
Riiiiight.....because the current *sanctions* are *working* so well 🙃
In my opinion, the Biden gang’s own actions reduce the legitimacy of sanctions, compared to sanctions Trump did.
You’re on the right track.
Same kind of thing as what dems are saying about immigration. “Our laws are not working. We need shiny new ones!”
Have we sanctioned Ukraine for jailing and killing Gonzalo Lira, the journalist and US citizen?
Let me guess. They are going to sanction Russia by demanding more money for the Ukraine Money Launderers Association.
The Biden regime has used all its sanctions levers already vis a vis Russia. They have nothing left they can sanction.
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