Navajo: EU must ban Russian oligarchs from entering

Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned with a nervous agent in August, told the German newspaper Bild that sanctions against the whole country do not function.

The most important thing is the entry stop [to the EU] for those who benefit from the regime and freeze their property”, said Navlany, adding that “lorarchs and senior Russian officials were involved.

“They take money, steal billions and fly to Berlin or London on weekends, buy expensive apartments and sit in cafe”, Navajo said in the interview given to the Bild newspaper.

Navalny is ill on a visit from Siberia to Moscow on August 20th and has spent nearly three weeks in a coma.

Two days later, he moved to the Charite Hospital in Berlin, where doctors found traces of the Novico nervous agent in his body.

Their findings were independently confirmed by labs in France and Sweden.

The Kremlin denies the poisoning of Navajo, and the Russian government has resisted international pressure to open investigation into the case.

Navajo's comments to the Bild newspaper come at a time when Germany is discussing with its partners what actions to take in response to poisoning.

Options include freezing assets or travel bans for Russians considered to be involved in the Navajo case, economic sanctions and stopping the North Stream pipeline 2.

This pipeline is close to ending in the Baltic Sea and would transport gas from Russia to Germany.