U.S. Sanctions FSB operatives Over Navalny Poisoning

Washington D.C./18.08.23/Turan:    The United States on Thursday sanctioned 4 Russians operatives over their alleged role in the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in August 2020, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.

The four individuals, Alexey Alexandrov, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, Ivan Osipov and Vladimir Panyaev, were all members of the Federal Security Service, according to the State Department.

“Today’s actions are a reminder that there are consequences for violating internationally recognized human rights. The United States will continue to use the authorities at our disposal to promote accountability for such egregious acts,” Spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement.

The U.S. Treasury Department in a separate statement said that three of the four sanctioned were reportedly associated with the FSB Criminalistics Institute, a subunit of the security agency originally founded during the Soviet Union as a specialized laboratory.

Alexandrov and Osipov were allegedly two of the main perpetrators of Navalny’s poisoning, while Panyaev reportedly tailed Navalny ahead of the attack.Kudryavtsev was allegedly part of the group involved in the poisoning and later admitted to his involvement in cleanup operation afterwards.

“The assassination attempt against Aleksey Navalny in 2020 represents the Kremlin’s contempt for human rights, and we will continue to use the authorities at our disposal to hold the Kremlin’s willing would-be executioners to account,” Brian Nelson, under secretary of the Treasury said.

“Today we remind Vladimir Putin and his regime that there are consequences not only for waging a brutal and unprovoked war against Ukraine, but also for violating the human rights of the Russian people,” he added,

Alex Raufoglu