Russia will respond to new Western sanctions, says Kremlin

Russian president Vladimir Putin (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

The Kremlin has shrugged off new Western sanctions over the poisoning and arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as unfounded and pointless, but warned that Moscow will retaliate.

US president Joe Biden’s administration sanctioned seven Russian officials on Tuesday, along with more than a dozen government entities, over the nerve-agent attack on Mr Navalny and his subsequent jailing.