The United States has imposed sanctions on four Russian officials allegedly involved in the poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny in 2020. The Treasury Department identified the individuals as Alexey Alexandrovich Alexandrov, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, Ivan Vladimirovich Osipov, and Vladimir Alexandrovich Panyaev. The officials collaborated to surveil Navalny, break into his hotel room, and apply the nerve agent Novichok to his personal belongings. The sanctions, imposed under the Magnitsky Act, block their access to the US financial system and prohibit business dealings with them. Navalny, who has been serving a nine-year sentence, was recently sentenced to an additional 19 years in prison.

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