Death of Navalny: Washington will take “major sanctions” targeting Moscow on Friday. For Washington, “whatever story the Russian government decides to tell the world, it is clear that President Putin and his government are responsible” The European Union, for its part, summoned Russia's charge d'affaires in Brussels, Kirill Logvinov, on Tuesday in reaction to the death of the Russian opponent.

The United States and its allies have imposed several rounds of sanctions against Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine on February 22, 2022.