The Australian Government has just imposed new financial sanctions and travel bans against 14 individuals responsible for silencing political expression in Russia. The new sanctions are also linked to the invasion of Ukraine. One Russian politician who's fallen victim to the Putin regime's repression is Leonid Volkov, a close ally and colleague of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Mr Volkov told The World's Girish Sawlani the Federal Government has done a "good job" in sanctioning certain Russian individuals. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE ABC NEWS provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC NEWS, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC NEWS content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC NEWS In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC NEWS on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Follow ABC NEWS on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au Follow ABC NEWS on X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/abcnews Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia