WASHINGTON
\nUS President Joe Biden met the wife and daughter of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died last week, on Thursday \u201cto express his heartfelt condolences\u201d, the White House said.
\nDuring the meeting in California, Biden expressed his admiration for Navalny\u2019s \u201cextraordinary courage and his legacy of fighting against corruption and for a free and democratic Russia in which the rule of law applies equally to everyone\u201d, the White House said in a statement.
\nBiden also affirmed that the United States would announce major new sanctions against Russia on Friday in response to Navalny\u2019s death, it added.
\nThe latest punitive measures will target a range of items, including Russia\u2019s defence and industrial bases, along with sources of revenue for the economy, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan had previously said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON US President Joe Biden met the wife and daughter of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died last week, on Thursday \u201cto express his heartfelt condolences\u201d, the White House said. During the meeting in California, Biden expressed his admiration for Navalny\u2019s \u201cextraordinary courage and his legacy of fighting against corruption and for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-389162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n