“President Biden told Putin, if something happens to Navalny, you’re going to pay a price. President Biden, I agree with you, the price they should pay is to make Russia a state sponsor of terrorism,” he later added.

The 47-year-old Navalny’s death spurred international shock and outrage, though the top Putin critic was repeatedly targeted in recent years and was previously subjected to imprisonment and poisoning. His death came a month before a presidential election in Russia, where Putin is set to extend his more than two-decade term leading the country.

Two U.S. journalists, Tom Rogan and Hugo Gurdon of the Washington Examiner, were also added to Russia’s list of “extremists and terrorists” earlier this month,
POLITICO previously reported.