The United States has imposed sanctions on Russian individuals and entities over the Kremlin’s attempt to murder opposition figure Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent, according to senior Biden administration officials. The moves are being taken in coordination with the European Union, officials told reporters on a conference call. The officials also repeated President Joe Biden’s call for Russia to release Navalny from prison. Russia has denied attempting to assassinate Navalny who was arrested on Jan. 17 after flying back to Russia from Germany. “The United States is neither seeking to reset our relations with Russia, nor are we seeking to escalate,” one official said on the call. “We believe that the United States and our partners must be clear and impose costs when Russia’s behavior crosses boundaries that are respected by responsible nations, and we believe there should be guard rails on how these adversarial aspects of our relationship play out,” the official …
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