[3] Earlier, on October 15, 2020, the European Union had imposed sanctions "for the use of chemical weapons for an attempted assassination of Alexei Navalny" on six high-ranking Russian officials and Russian state research institute GosNIIOKhT, which developed chemical weapon agent Novichok.
[4] On March 2, 2021, the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia's chief law enforcement officers in connection with the poisoning of Alexei Navalny.
[5] Later that day, the United States imposed sanctions on seven Russian individuals and three organizations in relation to Navalny poisoning and imprisonment.
[10][11] On October 7, 2021, Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Ben Cardin and Ranking Member Senator Roger Wicker introduced a bill to the Congress proposing to impose sanctions against individuals on the Navalny 35 list adding them to Global Magnitsky sanctions.
[1] [13][20] [21][28] New Zealand March 18, 2022[21][29] Ukraine October 19, 2022[21][30] In addition to the list presented by the Alexei Navalny's associates the sanctions were earlier imposed on the following persons involved in the poisoning: And also on organizations: On February 12, 2021 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Russia is ready to break its relations with the EU should it introduce new sanctions, saying 'if you want peace, prepare for war'.