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European Union foreign ministers on Monday agreed new sanctions on Russia in response to the death of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, EU diplomats told dpa. The sanctions concern people from the Russian judicial system, officials said. More details are expected to be announced in the coming days, and while ministers have endorsed the sanctions in principle, a binding legal decision is still to be made. The move follows the choreographed re-election of Russian president Vladimir Putin over the weekend. The election was overshadowed by Navalny’s death in a Siberian prison camp in February….

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