On 2 March a news release from the US State Department advised that the US had joined with the EU in condemning and responding to the Russian Federation’s use of a chemical weapon in the attempted assassination of Russian opposition figure Aleksey Navalny in August 2020 and his subsequent imprisonment in January 2021. OFGAC is designating 7 Russian government officials, 5 of whom were previously designated by the EU and UK for their role in Navalny’s poisoning and 2 whom the EU designated in response to Mr. Navalny’s arrest and imprisonment. The Department of Commerce is adding 14 entities to the Entity List based on their proliferation activities in support of Russia’s WMD programmes and chemical weapons activities.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0045
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