Romney calls on the Senate to impose sanctions on Putin for Navalny poisoning

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It is. Mitt RomneyWillard (Mitt) Mitt’s minimum wage RomneyBiden faces upward struggle with GOP senators GOP struggles to remove Trump from party indictment tests Trump’s grip on Senate GOP MORE (R-Utah) on Tuesday demanded the imposition of sanctions on Russia following the arrest of political opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was detained after his return to Moscow over the weekend.

“The corruption and iniquity of the Putin regime continues to be fully displayed for the world to see. Navalny’s detention is another shameless attempt by Putin to silence the Russian people’s struggle for freedom and democracy, “Romney wrote on Twitter. “The United States must hold him accountable.”

The Utah senator was linked to legislation he sponsored with Sens. Chris van Hollen (D-Md.), Marco RubioMarco Antonio Rubio: Florida Republicans close ranks with Trump after Capitol siege Confirmation hearing for Biden’s DNI election postponed McConnell in Trump school for political power for last time MORE (R-Fla.), Ben CardinBenjamin (Ben) Louis Cardin: Senate Democrats Don’t Know He’s Not Talking About Filibuster Georgia Keeping Senate Agenda in Language Trump Signs Bill Authorizing Memorial to Fallen Journalists MORE (D-Md.) And Chris CoonsChris Andrew Coons, the Democratic Senate, does not know that security issues will be concerned before Biden’s inauguration. Trump’s accusation clashes with Biden’s agenda. MORE (D-Del.) Which would sanction Kremlin officials allegedly involved in Navalny’s poisoning with Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok.

Navalny fell ill last year on a domestic flight to Siberia and was rushed to a hospital in Berlin, where he was placed in a medically induced coma. After he was released from the hospital, the Russian prison informed him that he would violate the conditions of a suspended sentence from 2014, unless he returns immediately to Moscow.

Officials told Navalny that if he returned to Russia later, he would be arrested. Navalny argued that the 2014 embezzlement conviction was politically motivated. Officials took him into custody on Sunday at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport.

The Kremlin has repeatedly denied the poisoning of Navalny and a spokesman for the president. Vladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich PutinNational Security Adviser calling for immediate release of Navalny Kremlin critic Krallin Navalny critic detained in Moscow on return to Russia Navalny plans to return to Russia on Sunday MORE rejected him as suffering from a complex of persecution.

However, last year Navalny replaced a Kremlin intelligence official and recorded a call in which an FSB toxin expert apparently confirmed that the poison had been applied to the seams of his panties. Russia was denied after the release of the recording.

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