Top members of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s team are pressing U.S. officials to pursue sanctions against 6,000 Russians who they say are among the “next tier” of those enabling Russian President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine. Navalny has been held in a Russian jail since January of 2021, while his anti-corruption foundation is based outside of Russia. MORE: Senate passes $40 billion in new aid to Ukraine, bill heads to Biden“It’s a lot of officials, not necessarily at the top, but the next tier,” Ashurkov said. PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a meeting of the leaders of the Collective Security Treaty Organization at the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 16, 2022. “I think during this trip we at least got the important lawmakers to be aware of our proposals and to support them.”Russian opposition group pushing US to sanction ‘next tier’ of Putin enablers originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News May 20, 2022 02:34 UTC