Borrell proposed renaming the European human rights sanctions regime after Navalny

The other day it became known about the death of the so-called Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The EU reacted to his death and put forward a specific proposal to honor his memory.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Josep Borrell said he would invite EU foreign ministers to honor the memory of the deceased Russian politician Alexei Navalny. The diplomat wants to rename the European human rights sanctions regime after Navalny. Borrell announced this before a meeting of the EU Council, reports the correspondent of 24 Channel in Brussels.

In this way they want to honor the memory

Today, February 19, the politician’s wife Yulia Navalnaya will speak before the EU foreign ministers. According to Borrell, she will send a message on how to support the political opposition within Russia.

The EU High Representative noted that Russians demonstrated in Russia after the death of Navalny and some of they were detained. Therefore, he called on his colleagues to “send a signal of support for the Russian opposition.”

“To honor his memory, I will propose to ministers that we rename our human rights sanctions regime after him and call it the Navalny Human Rights Sanctions Regime, so that his name is forever inscribed in the work of the European Union and the protection of human rights,” Borrell said.

Note that MEPs sent a letter to Josep Borrell asking him to impose sanctions against everyone involved in the death of Navalny, in particular, prison directors, guards, police, government prosecutors and judges . The European Parliament also calls for introducing restrictions against the Putin regime based on the list that Navalny’s team handed over to the European Union two years ago.

To honor the memory of the Russian politician, European parliamentarians proposed renaming the building of the European External Affairs Service, Borrell's office, in honor of Navalny. Josep Borrell did not comment on this idea, however, he responded to the question about sanctions. to dive into the institutional structure of the prison system in Russia,” Borrell said.

He also noted that we should not forget who is really to blame for Navalny’s death.

In addition, foreign ministers will discuss the war in Ukraine and the introduction of the 13th package of sanctions against Russia.The EU's top diplomat says Putin is not going to stop the war, so the EU must continue to support Ukraine, as politically and militarily.

The media named who was involved in the murder of Navalny

• Alexey Navalny could have been gradually poisoned in small doses in the colony. This could have been the cause of the politician’s death. Opposition Russian media write about this. Referring to their own sources in the Investigative Committee of Russia and Navalny’s entourage, the media claim that Alexander Bastrykin took direct part in Navalny’s murder
• He had a personal grudge against the politician and was at enmity with him since 2012, when the investigation into Navalny’s activities just began. After this, Bastrykin repeatedly expressed his negative attitude towards the politician, and even allegedly published poems under a pseudonym in which he criticized Navalny.
• When Navalny was arrested, Bastrykin, according to Russian media, began to demand sanctions for the murder of the politician. The chairman of the Russian investigative committee allegedly made a corresponding request to Putin.