U.S. announces 500 new sanctions targeting Russia over Navalny death, Ukraine war

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The United States and the European Union are piling new sanctions on Russia on the eve of the second anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine and in retaliation for the death of noted Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny last week in an Arctic penal colony. In all, 106 more officials and 88 "entities" — often companies, banks, government agencies or other organizations — have been added to the European bloc's sanctions list, bringing the tally of those targeted to more than 2,000 people and entities, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and his associates. The U.S. Treasury Department plans Friday to impose...