US Issues 500 New Sanctions Against Russia Following Navalny’s Death

‘Putin has mortgaged the present and future of the Russian people for his own aims to subjugate Ukraine,’ Commerce Secretary Janet Yellen said.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the reported death of Alexei Navalny from the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Feb. 16, 2024. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

The Biden administration is unveiling more than 500 new sanctions against Russia and the entities supporting its human rights abuses and war effort in Ukraine.

The tranche of sanctions is the largest imposed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago and seeks to hold Moscow to account for the war, as well as the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, President Joe Biden said in a statement.