The EU

The EU on Thursday hit members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle with sanctions over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny and Kremlin meddling in Libya’s civil war.

Six senior Russian officials including the head of Russia’s FSB domestic spy agency and the tycoon nicknamed “Putin’s chef” will be banned from travelling to the bloc and have their assets in the European Union frozen in a move that steps up pressure on Moscow.

The sanctions listings formally accuse Russian state bodies over Navalny’s poisoning, saying the attack with the Novichok nerve agent could not have been carried out …