U.S. imposes sanctions on Russia over poisoning of Navalny

© Reuters/MAXIM SHEMETOVFILE PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny attends a hearing hearing to consider an appeal against an earlier court decision to change his suspended sentence to a real prison term

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday on Russian individuals and entities after concluding that Russia attempted to kill opposition figure Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent, senior Biden administration officials said.

The officials, speaking to reporters on a conference call, said the moves were being taken in coordination with the European Union. They reiterated President Joe Biden's call for Russia to release Navalny from prison.

(Reporting by Steve Holland, Arshad Mohammed, Humeyra Pamuk and Nandita Bose; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)