EU sanctions senior Putin aides over Navalny, Libya

The EU yesterday sanctioned senior aides to Russian President Vladimir Putin, including the man known as his chef, over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny and Kremlin meddling in Libya's civil war. 

The EU said Yevgeny Prigozhin, nicknamed "Putin's chef" because his company has done catering for the Kremlin, was undermining peace in Libya by supporting the Wagner Group private military company.

Six others, including the head of Russia's FSB domestic spy agency, were sanctioned over the attempt to murder Navalny using the Novichok nerve agent.