EU imposes sanctions on Russian officials over Alexei Navalny poisoning

EU imposes sanctions on Russian officials over Alexei Navalny poisoning
Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny (Pavel Golovkin/AP)

The European Union has imposed sanctions on six Russian officials and one organisation over the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a Soviet-era nerve agent.

The move came a day after Russia’s foreign minister warned that Moscow might respond with similar measures.

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