EU issues sanctions against six people involved in death of Navalny
The measures freeze EU assets and impose travel bans on the listed researchers after investigations linked Navalny’s death to chemical poisoning.
- On Friday, European member states sanctioned six Russian scientists linked to epibatidine development after investigations concluded Alexei Navalny died from chemical poisoning during his Arctic detention.
- Navalny died on February 16, 2024, while serving a 19-year sentence in an Arctic prison; investigators later discovered traces of epibatidine on his body after his death.
- Targeted individuals include Igor Babkin of the Signal Scientific Centre, Irina Derevyagina from the State Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, and Mikhail Gutsalyuk of the Military Academy of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence.
- These measures freeze all assets held within the European bloc, including bank accounts, and impose a travel ban on researchers involved in Russia's military chemical weapons programme.
- This action follows a 2020 failed poisoning attempt against Navalny, who was arrested in 2021 upon returning to Russia, establishing a pattern of chemical-based threats against the opposition activist.
46 Articles
46 Articles
Six Russian scientists sanctioned by the EU for the development of chemical weapons. Components imported from a German company
The European member states have placed six Russians on the sanctions list for their involvement in the development of chemical weapons. This concerns, in particular, the poison epibatidine, the substance found in the body of Alexei Navalny. The Russian opposition leader was poisoned with that substance in his cell in a penal colony in 2024, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Sweden concluded in a joint investigation earli…
On Friday, Member States of the European Union decided to impose sanctions against six Russian citizens involved in the case of the chemical that would have killed Alexei Navalni, the main opponent of the Kremlin, who died in a prison in Siberia.
EU member states have imposed sanctions on six Russians in connection with the death in prison of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2024.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 41% of the sources are Center, 41% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
