'The EU should cut financial transactions from Putin's inner circle.''The Polish leader also said Borrell should reconsider plans to visit Russia next month unless Navalny is released.
Manfred Weber, leader of the EU’s largest political alliance, also called for decisive action.
"The EU foreign ministers are not allowed to dodge this once again and stop at general appeals," said Weber, a senior German conservative and head of the center-right European People’s Party (EPP) faction in the European Parliament.
"The EU has to hit where it really hurts the Putin system -- and that's the money," he said, speaking to Germany's RND newspaper group. The EU should cut financial transactions from Putin's inner circle, he added.
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In another reaction to the protests, Leonid Volkov, an ally of Navalny, praised the turnout in cities and towns across all of Russia’s 11 time zones in bitterly cold temperatures.'
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EU Foreign Ministers To Consult On Russia's Treatment Of Navalny, January 25, 2021
Context(Navalny) - A Palace for Putin