Riga regrets that in the "black list" of Russian politicians from Latvia
Minister of foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgar Rinkevich regrets that the Russian Federation included in the so-called "black List" of several Latvian politicians, who are denied entry to the site of the country.
Russian visa "black List" of EU Residents includes 89 people, 60 of them are citizens of Britain and the Baltic countries: Poland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. A senior source in the Russian foreign Ministry said that the limits were only introduced in response to the actions of the European Union.
"in this situation can only regret that the EU and Russia, such a different approach to the creation and publication of the" black lists ". In addition, Russian made a List of persons who have not done anything illegal, they just demonstrated its principled position, " he told reporters last Thursday on the first day of the weekend.
according to Latvian media, in Russian "black List" included five politicians: the head of the party "Unity" Solvita Aboltina, as well as the MPs of the European Parliament Robert Zile, Artis Pabriks, Inese Vaidere and Sandra Kalniete.
Western countries since March 2014 several times already imposed penalties because Russia's position on Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when expanded sanctions List of the USA.
The list of Russian citizens and organizations who have fallen under the punishment - in the material of the Fins news
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