Norway angered Rogozin's visit to Spitsbergen
The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Norway, said that requests from the Russian side explanations because of the visit of Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Rogozin on Svalbard, and also see a tightening of the rules on entry, which will affect the archipelago, write Norwegian Recalling envoy of the foreign Ministry of Norway Frode Andersen.
Dmitry Rogozin, whom the West included in the sanctions list, first said on Twitter in that he came to the Administrative centre of Spitsbergen (or as it is called by the Norwegians, Svalbard) the city of Longyearbyen. Then the Norwegian told as if the violation of the Russian Vice-Premier of the mode of punishment.
Commissioner of the foreign Ministry of Norway Frode Andersen said that the arrival of Dmitry Rogozin on Svalbard is not the failures of the legislation, but it is "annoying" on the accession of Crimea to Russia and related Western sanctions against Russia.
"This is not a violation of Norwegian law, but we clearly told the Russian Embassy in Oslo that citizens from the list (sanctions - approx. Ed.) unwanted on Svalbard ", - quotes the words Frode Andersen.
during the trip to the North pole the Russian Deputy Prime Minister visited the Russian settlement of Barentsburg on Spitsbergen and located there the company Arktikugol. About This Rogozin said in private.
Spitsbergen, or Svalbard, Norway.) - a vast archipelago located in the Arctic ocean is the northernmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. Its administrative center is the town of Longyearbyen. In addition to Norway to conduct business activity in the archipelago, Russia. On the island of Spitsbergen lies the Russian settlement - the settlement of Barentsburg, and canned towns Pyramid and Grumant.
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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