EU makes first use of Magnitsky Act, on Russia
EU foreign relations chief Josep Borrell speaking to US secretary of state Anthony Blinken by video-link on Monday (Photo: consilium.europa.eu) The EU has agreed to blacklist Russian officials guilty of wrongly jailing opposition figure Alexei Navalny, in a new “low” in relations. The asset-freezes and visa-bans ought to be in force in early March, EU…
