US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan
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Appear on CNN’s “State of the Union” host Dana Bash
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“Well, first we joined the European Union and many other like-minded democracies around the world to sanction what the Russian government did to Navalny, for using a chemical weapon against him, which goes against him. international laws, ”Sullivan said. “Second, we have informed the Russian government that what happens to Mr Navalny in their custody is their responsibility and that they will be held accountable by the international community.”
“In terms of the specific measures we would take, we look at different costs that we would impose. And I’m not going to telegraph that publicly at this point, but we have communicated that there will be consequences if Mr. Navalny dies, ”added Sullivan.
Bash noticed that President Biden
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Sullivan said the government had made the decision that “the best way to address this issue is privately and through diplomatic channels.”
On Sunday, Russian doctor Yaroslav Ashikhmin said Navalny could “die at any time” as a result of kidney failure caused by his ongoing hunger strike.
“A patient with this level of potassium should be observed in the intensive care unit as fatal arrhythmias can develop at any time. Death from cardiac arrest. The publication is being coordinated with relatives of Alexey Navalny,” Ashikhmin wrote in a Facebook post.