Russia is banning seven Britons from entering Britain because of the poisoning of Navalny

Russia has banned seven British citizens from entering the country in response to British sanctions over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.

Britain imposed sanctions in August on seven Russian officials suspected of planning or carrying out Navalny poisoning. Russian officials working for the Russian security service have had their funds frozen and barred from entering Britain.

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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“In response to the unfriendly activities of London, and on the basis of reciprocity, it was decided to impose personal sanctions on a proportionate number of British members who are closely involved in anti-Russian activities. They shall be refused entry into the territory of the Russian Federation. “

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Without giving details of these seven persons.

Navalny was ill on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow on August 20 last year, and was taken to Omsk Hospital unconscious with symptoms of poisoning.

On August 22, Navalny was transferred from Russia to Germany, where he was treated at the Charite University Clinic in Berlin. On 2 September, Germany announced that there was incontrovertible evidence that Navalny was poisoned by a nerve-paralyzing warfare substance belonging to the Novičok group. This conclusion has also been confirmed by laboratories in France and Sweden, as well as by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Navalni believes he is poisoned by the Kremlin, which has repeatedly denied it.

After returning from Germany, Navalny was detained at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport on January 17. On February 2, Navalny was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for violating the terms of his suspended sentence in 2014 while receiving treatment in Germany.

Western intelligence says Navalny was poisoned by Russian security forces.