The Americans do not lose the opportunity to take advantage of the situation with oppositionist Alexei Navalny and strike Russia.
Thus, the U.S. is already threatening sanctions if it proves that the authorities are somehow involved in what happened. And knowing the US, there is no doubt that it will find ‘evidence’.
Stephen Bigan, deputy head of the U.S. State Department, warned about the sanctions during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.