Designating Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism following the death of Alexei Navalny. This is proposed by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, an ally of Donald Trump, proposing a bipartisan legislative initiative that could be implemented as early as next week.
“Navalny was one of the bravest people I have ever met. When he came back to Russia, he had to know that he was going to be killed by Putin, and he was killed by Putin,” Graham said in an interview on the television show “Face the Nation.” .” CBS. “Why don't we do this? I just got off the phone with two Democratic senators. Let's declare Russia a state sponsor of terrorism under U.S. law,” he said. “President Biden told Putin that he would pay a price “If something happened to Navalny. I agree with him, the price he has to pay is that Russia is on the list of state sponsors of terrorism,” Graham continued.
There are currently four countries on the blacklist: Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria. The designation comes with a series of sanctions, including restrictions on foreign aid and a ban on exports and sales of defense products.
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