#POTUS Joe #Biden on Fri announced >500
new #sanctions on #Russia & its #war machine in the largest tranche of penalties since Moscow’s invasion of #Ukraine nearly 2 yrs ago.
Biden followed through on a promise to further punish #Putin 1 wk after opposition leader #AlexeiNavalny died in a Siberian prison. The sanctions — as well as those added Fri by the #EU — come 1 day before the 2nd anniversary of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
