.@JakeSullivan46 tells @DanaBashCNN that “We have communicated [to Russia] that there will be consequences if Mr. Navalny dies.”
Asked why POTUS did not mention Navalny specifically in remarks last week, Sullivan says they have made the judgement that the best way to address the issue is with the Russian government directly through private diplomatic channels.
Asked whether a POTUS-Putin summit would still take place if Navalny dies, Sullivan says he is not going to get into hypotheticals largely because there is no summit even on the books yet—but adds that it would have to take place in the right circumstances and at the right time.
Pressed on whether Biden will raise the refugee cap to 62,000 as he initially pledged, Sullivan only says the new target to be announced in mid-May will be above 15,000. but he will “not get ahead of where the process will land.”
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