Rifkind: Russian blacklist said about the fact that the penalties are
Maria Tobacco. Drafting the Russian authorities blacklist EU Residents is evidence that the penalties against Russia, said on the first day of the week in an interview with "Radio 5" former head of the British foreign office and one of the list members are sir Malcolm Rifkind.
Some Western media first published excerpts from the black list of the Russian Federation, such as the Finnish national broadcasting published a paper 89 names, headlined " Russian visa black List, handed over to the Russian foreign Minister at the EU delegation in the Russian capital on may 27 ". Press Secretary of the EU delegation in the capital of Russia Soren Liborius later confirmed the accuracy of the published blacklist.
"This is proof that the penalties have an effect, because they (the Russian authorities) do not respond If that happened, there would be so painful. When we expanded the punishment, they had a significant impact on the state of the Russian economy ", - said Rifkind, adding that oil is the main source of income for the Russian Federation.
The former Minister said that most all of these factors are important When the story is about the attempts of the authorities of the Russian Federation to build up military strength and force their neighbors to do what they're told to do."
"I realize that they (the Russian authorities) want punishment were removed, I also Wish they were dropped, and Wish that Russia had a good relationship. It is important that Russia, Britain and Western Europe in General worked together amicably, But we cannot ignore the fact that for the first time since the Second world war, a part of the boundaries of Europe was broken by the military attack. This is unacceptable, " drew the attention of Rifkind.
explaining his own appearance in the Russian black list, Rifkind, held the post of head of the British foreign office in the years 1995-1997, said: "If such a List had to appear, I am proud that I am in it. I would be annoyed If I was in it. But I wasn't planning to in the near future to go to the Russian Federation, so that the changes in our schedule I did not have to make, let's say so ".
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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