NEW YORK Town, April 18. /TASS/. US national safety adviser Jake Sullivan has warned Russia of achievable outcomes in circumstance Russian blogger Alexey Navalny dies in custody.
“We have communicated to the Russian authorities that what takes place to Mr. Navalny in their custody is their duty and they will be held accountable by the global community,” he said in an job interview with CNN on Sunday. “In phrases of the distinct steps that we would choose, we are wanting at a range of different charges that we would impose and I am not heading to telegraph that publicly at this level. But we have communicated that there will be implications if Mr. Navalny dies.”
According to Sullivan, Washington has arrived at a conclusion that this make a difference should improved be mentioned right with Moscow, by way of diplomatic channels.
The Russian overseas ministry stated earlier that ultimatum calls for to Russia voiced by a quantity of nations and a media marketing campaign about Navalny have been geared only toward destabilization of the political scenario in Russia.
Navalny, who obtained suspended sentences for embezzlement 2 times, was required in Russia for recurring violations of circumstances of his conviction in the Yves Rocher scenario. On January 17, 2021 he was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport upon arrival from Berlin. On February 2, Moscow’s Simonovsky Courtroom replaced Navalny’s 3-and-a-50 percent-calendar year suspended sentence with true jail time because of to numerous probation violations. Navalny is serving his sentence in penal colony variety 2 in the Vladimir location.
On April 5, the blogger was taken to the colony’s medial unit with signs or symptoms of an acute respiratory sickness. In accordance to the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Vladimir region division, Navalny was introduced back to the prison mobile on April 9 right after he experienced felt improved. In accordance to the agency, neither tuberculosis no coronavirus infection was verified. Medical professionals mentioned his well being problems was satisfactory.
