U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Chris Coons (D-DE) were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Chris Van-Hollen (D-MD) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) in reintroducing the Holding Russia Accountable for Malign Activities Act of 2021.
This was reported by the press service of theRepublican Senator Marco Rubio.
This bill would impose targeted sanctions against Russian officials complicit in brazen violations of international law including the poisoning and imprisonment of opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny. The bill directs the administration to determine if the Kremlin has violated U.S. laws prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons. The bill also requires a report on the assassination of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, and on the personal wealth amassed by the corrupt practices of Vladimir Putin and his inner circle.
“Following yesterday’s outrageous sentencing of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, I’m proud to join Senator Coons in standing with the Russian people,” Rubio said. “The Holding Russia Accountable for Malign Activities Act will impose a cost on Putin, and his thugs, for their corruption and targeting of opponents.”
As was earlier reported by Apostrophe, the United States and Great Britain reacted sharply to the verdict of the Moscow court for Alexei Navalny, who was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.