A group of US senators has come up with fresh sanctions they suggest imposing on Moscow over the “poisoning” of opposition figure Alexey Navalny. The bill calls for a “report” on President Vladimir Putin’s personal finances.
Apart from the usual call for “targeted” restrictions against some unspecified “Russian officials complicit in brazen violations of international law,” the newly introduced bill also suggests looking into any wealth that may be held by Russian President Vladimir Putin personally – as well as by “his inner circle” – which the American senators claim was “amassed by corrupt practices,” according to a statement published on the website of Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who co-authored the legislation.
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