Germany Urges EU to Impose Sanctions Against Russia Over Navalny Case

Germany Urges EU to Impose Sanctions Against Russia Over Navalny Case
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks with journalists after he was released from a detention centre in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 23, 2019. Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters
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BERLIN—Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has called for new European Union sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny with an internationally banned nerve agent.

Navalny emerged in recent weeks from a coma after suddenly falling ill during a flight in Siberia and being air-lifted to Berlin for treatment. German doctors say he was poisoned with Novichok, a Russian nerve agent.