Ummeleli Ophakeme we-EU Yenqubomgomo Yezangaphandle, uJosep Borrell, ufune ngalolu Lwesihlanu uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseRussia, uSergei Lavrov, ukuthi kukhululwe iqembu eliphikisayo u-Alexei Navalni⁷ kanye nabalandeli bakhe ababoshwe emasontweni edlule, okuyisicelo ngaphambi kokuba aphendule ngokususa ukuhlangana kwamacala. yesihluku samaphoyisa eYurophu kanye nesimo seziboshwa ezizimele ngokwezimali. Esithangamini nabezindaba esivela eMoscow ngemuva kokuxhumana kokuqala phakathi kwalaba bobabili, u-Borrell waphikelela ekukhululweni kukaNavalni futhi wagcizelela ukuthi i-EU ilindele ukuthi iRussia yenze uphenyo "oluzimele noluphelele" mayelana nobuthi bakhe ehlobo eledlule. Ukulandela amazwi oMmeleli Omkhulu, uLavrov uphendule ngamacala okuhlukunyezwa kwamaphoyisa atholakala e-EU nase-United Statesi muva nje, ukuze, ngalesi sikhathi, aveze isimo seziboshwa ezizimele ngokwezezimali njengesibonelo "sezinqumo zamaphoyisa ezigqugquzelwe".
Ngokuhambisana nezikhalo zaseYurophu mayelana nesimo saseNavalni, ungqongqoshe waseRussia uveze ukuthi "abaholi abazimele bezezimali basejele ngokuhlela inhlolovo, isinqumo ubulungiswa baseSpain abuzange basihoxise naphezu kokuthi inkantolo yaseJalimane inqume ngokumelene " . “Uma kubhekwa lokhu, iSpain iluvikele uhlelo lwayo lwezobulungiswa futhi yacela ukungangabazi izinqumo zayo. Yilokho esikufunayo emazweni aseNtshonalanga mayelana nokubuyisana,” kuphikisa uLavrov. Ngokwakhe, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle WaseSpain, u-Arancha González Laya, ugcizelele ngalolu Lwesihlanu ukuthi, ngokungafani neRussia, iSpain "intando yeningi egcwele" nokuthi esifundazweni saseSpain "azikho iziboshwa zezombangazwe, kukhona iziboshwa zezombangazwe, ngithemba ukuthi uMnu Navalni akwazi ukukhankasa okhethweni oluzayo njengoba benza abaholi bokuzimela kwezezimali abasebenzela isikhathi eSpain.
