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‘Regardless of the scientific answer, Putin’s responsible for it,’ National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says of opposition leader’s death

The White House has announced that a new package of sanctions against Russia is set to go into effect following the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a Siberian prison camp.

The administration said the package would be released on Friday. This comes after President Joe Biden’s comments to reporters on Monday that he was considering new sanctions.

“We already have sanctions, but we are considering additional sanctions, yes,” he said.

On Friday, Mr Biden blamed the death of Mr Navalny on Russian President Vladimir Putin, noting that while the US was unsure what took place, it was “a consequence of something that Putin and his thugs did”.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

We've had sanctions yes, but have you heard of second sanctions?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

They're already under sanctions? Now they're under double secret sanctions!

[–] xmunk 19 points 10 months ago

Can we include the old Fucker Tarlson in these sanctions? I'm pretty sure he counts as a Russian agent now...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What is there left to sanction? Like, why is there any business at all taking place between the US and Russia? Is this more a plea to other nations to up their sanctions?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Most major US corporations are still doing all kinds of business in Russia. Some did initial pullbacks but are quietly re-entering that market.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

A big ol bunch of fucks. That's what they are.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Why does that list have Serbian, Chinese, and other countries' companies on it? Don't American sanctions only affect American corporations? Like if Serbia sanctions some country, is the U.S. supposed to also boycott that country?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Putin is about to get locked out of his Warzone account.

[–] Rinsed -1 points 10 months ago

We going to start enacting sanctions on China every time a CCPA official is disappeared?

Someone help me understand why the White House is wasting time on this.