“They will be held accountable by the international community,” Jake Sullivan said.
President Joe Biden’s national security adviser warned Sunday that there will be repercussions for Russia if Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies, amid reports that his health is rapidly deteriorating in prison.
“We have communicated to the Russian government that what happens to Mr. Navalny in their custody is their responsibility and they will be held accountable by the international community,” Jake Sullivan said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
He did not specify what action the U.S. and its allies might take in the event of Navalny’s death.
“In terms of the specific measures that we would undertake, we are looking at a variety of different costs that we would impose,” Sullivan said. “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.”
Navalny was arrested upon returning to Russia in January and has been on a hunger strike for several weeks. Navalny’s doctor warned Saturday that the opposition leader “could die at any moment.”
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President Joe Biden's national security adviser warned Sunday that there will be repercussions for Russia if Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies, amid reports that his health is rapidly deteriorating in prison https://t.co/PTdAsLnhG3
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Allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny call for massive protests in Russian cities https://t.co/IYjogqohDF pic.twitter.com/PjzZSZ3owo
— The Hill (@thehill) April 18, 2021
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in the third week of a hunger strike, will be admitted to a hospital in another prison after the politician's doctor said he could be near death https://t.co/F6dlyn2rQN
— POLITICO (@politico) April 19, 2021
Doctors blocked from visiting Navalny in prison hospital https://t.co/n8ziVO7Pji pic.twitter.com/RmRNuYlUG6
— The Hill (@thehill) April 20, 2021
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