Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday condemned the lack of systematic Western sanctions against Russian oligarchs for their support of Vladimir Putin’s regime and his military intervention in Ukraine, AFP reports.

In a message full of examples published on his social media, he said that only 46 of the 200 richest Russians, according to the ranking of Forbes magazine, are currently subject to US, European or British sanctions.

“To me, it doesn’t look like an all-out war against Putin’s oligarchs,” he commented.

According to him, among others, the CEO of the Russian giant “Gazprom” Oleksiy Miller has not yet come under European sanctions, and the famous oligarch Roman Abramovich continues to avoid US sanctions.

“Abramovich’s companies continue to supply metal for the Russian Ministry of Defense. Why haven’t sanctions been applied to them yet?” Navalny asks.

“We cannot hope for a split among Putin’s elites due to war if, despite many talks, we do not use a stick against them and let them keep their gingerbread,” added Navalny.

He also proposes “for 20 years” to expel from the USA, Great Britain and the EU any Russian public figure who publicly supports the attack on Ukraine.

According to him, a “simple mechanism” to avoid sanctions would be to openly declare against the attack on Ukraine and “to stop supporting Putin’s regime with word, deed and money”.

“We call on voters and parliamentarians in the EU, Great Britain, the United States and Canada to put pressure on the executive power to force it to stop complying with the demands and introduce large-scale personal sanctions against Putin’s thieves,” Navalny said.

These statements were made at a time when the European Union should consider the introduction of a visa ban for all Russians from the end of August.

In March, Oleksiy Navalny was sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of fraud, which he considers fabricated.

He was arrested in January 2021 after returning to Russia after receiving treatment in Germany for a serious poisoning he blames on the Kremlin, but which Moscow denies.