White House preparing new Russia sanctions over Alexei Navalny poisoning

The Biden administration is moving to impose a new slate of sanctions on Russia over the poisoning of outspoken Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, national security adviser Jake Sullivan announced Sunday.

“We are preparing another package of sanctions to apply in this case,” said Sullivan during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday morning show. “We’ve shown all along the way that we are not going to pull our punches, whether it’s on SolarWinds, or election interference, or Navalny when it comes to responding to Russia’s harmful activities.” Navalny, 45, is currently imprisoned — and reportedly in poor health — for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence in a 2014 embezzlement case, which he has dismissed as politically motivated.