“Russia has taken response measures," she said. “We have no such practice (to publish a Russian blacklist of European officials barred from entering Russia). We do not publish such lists.”
Those Western colleagues who feel they may be on the list should check it through diplomatic channels before traveling to Russia, she said.
“Sanctions are not our caprice. It is only a response measure,” she added.
Western sanctions and Russia’s retaliatory measures
The West started to impose sanctions on Russia in March 2014 over the events in Ukraine. First, an early EU summit stalled the talks on a visa-free regime and a new base agreement on Russia-EU cooperation. Further on, the sanctions were grouped into three categories - personal, corporate and sectoral.By the beginning of September, some 420 Russian individuals and 143 companies had been put on the sanction lists of the European Union, the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Switzerland and Norway...................http://en.itar-tass.com/russia/752467
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EU Condemns Russia for Barring Entry to MEP, Rebecca Harms...
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Les citoyens de l'UE qui croient être portés sur les listes noires russes peuvent le vérifier par des canaux diplomatiques, a déclaré la directrice adjointe du département de l'information et des médias du ministère russe des Affaires étrangères Maria Zakharova....
ReplyDeletePrécédemment, la Russie a interdit l'entrée à la députée européenne Rebecca Harms. Le président du Parlement européen Martin Schulz a envoyé mercredi un message à l'ambassadeur de Russie auprès de l'UE Vladimir Tchijov lui demandant de divulguer la liste des députés européens frappés des sanctions russes.
« Ce n'est pas notre caprice, il ne s'agit que d'une mesure de rétorsion. Toutes les personnes portées sur la liste noire occupent une position agressive envers la Russie », a expliqué Mme Zakharova.
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_10_02/Les-citoyens-de-lUE-frappes-de-sanctions-russes-pourront-le-verifier-par-des-canaux-diplomatiques-1129/
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