Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called for sanctions on Russian state-run media Tuesday, accusing President Vladimir Putins propagandists of turning into warmongers during the countrys deadly invasion of Ukraine.Navalny said the monstrosity of lies he witnessed on state televisions coverage of atrocities left behind by Russias withdrawal from towns outside Ukraines capital Kyiv prompted him to lobby for economic penalties.
Russia claims the widespread footage of dead bodies on the streets of Bucha are fake and a Western provocation.My point is that Putin's propaganda has long ceased to be a tool.
They are actual warmongers and have become a party in their own right, Navalny said in a Twitter thread.They demand a war to the bitter end, storming Kyiv, bombing Lviv.
Even the prospect of a nuclear war does not scare them.Navalny, Russias most prominent opposition figure, had long advocated for Western sanctions against Kremlin officials and business tycoons linked to Putin.
His teams video investigations into some of the figures alleged corruption have sparked some of Russia's biggest street protests in recent years.His latest calls for asset freezes and visa blacklists for Russian state media personalities and a ban on equipment and services come amid steps already taken by the European Union and the United Kingdom before and after Russias invasion of Ukraine on Feb.
24.Warmongers should be treated as war criminals.
From the editors-in-chief to the talk show hosts to the news editors, [they] should be sanctioned now and tried someday, Navalny tweeted.Navalny was last month found guilty of fraud and contempt of court, adding nine years to his current 2.5-year sentence for violating parole during his poisoning recovery.