U.S. Matches EU, U.K. Sanctions on Russia for Navalny Attack
- Sanctions are Biden’s first on Russia since taking office
- Official says response to SolarWinds hack is coming in ‘weeks’
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The Biden administration announced its first sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, punishing the Kremlin for the poisoning and jailing of opposition leader Alexey Navalny in a sign of deepening tensions between the nuclear powers.
The penalties -- like those adopted by the European Union -- target senior Russian law enforcement officials, as well as matching sanctions the EU and the U.K. imposed earlier on other Russians allied with President Vladimir Putin in response to the attempted murder of Navalny.