Russian opposition group pushing US to sanction 'next tier' of Putin enablers
ABC News
Members of Alexei Navalny's team are pressing the U.S. to pursue sanctions against 6,000 Russians who they say are among the "next tier" of those enabling Vladimir Putin.
Top members of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's team are pressing U.S. officials to pursue sanctions against 6,000 Russians who they say are among the "next tier" of those enabling Russian President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine.
Members of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation met Thursday with members of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, as well as officials with the Department of Justice and the Treasury Department, the group's executive director, Vladimir Ashurkov, told ABC News.
Navalny has been held in a Russian jail since January of 2021, while his anti-corruption foundation is based outside of Russia.
Thursday's meetings were part of a four-day trip to push the U.S. to take action against thousands of Putin supporters who Ashurkov said are outside of the super-rich, multi-billionaire class -- and who still have time to decide what they want the future of Russia to look like.
