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When Russian economist Sergei Guriev and The Conversation sat down to speak on the morning of February 16, the news of the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny hadn’t yet broken. In fact, we discussed how the international community could best protect Guriev‘simprisoned friend.
This is CNBC's live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See below for the latest updates.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The United States on Friday imposed extensive sanctions against Russia, targeting more than 500 people and entities to mark the second anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and retaliate for the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Russian oligarchs are more fearful of retribution by Russian President Vladimir Putin than they are of losing their billions, Russian opposition leader and formerly imprisoned oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky said in an interview.
It wasn’t enough that Russian courts had convicted dissident politician Alexei Navalny on bogus corruption charges, sentenced him to 19 years in jail and sent him to a penal colony 1,200 miles from Moscow near the Arctic Circle where he recently mysteriously died.
In the frozen reaches of an Arctic penal colony, the sudden demise of 47-year-old Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has sent shockwaves across the international stage, further intensifying the already strained relations between Russia and the collective West.