EU must be 'united and determined' on Russia sanctions, says Borrell

Member states agree to impose measures under so-called Magnitsky act over arrest of opposition leader

Russians responsible for the arrest, sentencing and persecution" of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be hit by EU sanctions in the first use of the bloc's so-called Magnitsky act.

Josep Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign affairs, said the 27 member states had agreed to impose restrictive measures under powers adopted earlier to target people behind human rights abuses.