Russia stated on Friday it had banned extra Ecu Union officers from coming into Russia based on restrictions imposed on Moscow by means of Brussels, with out disclosing what number of people have been concerned or giving their names.
“The Russian facet … made up our minds to enlarge a reciprocal listing of representatives from EU member nations and establishments, who’re banned from coming into Russia,” the international ministry stated in a remark on its legitimate web page.
Russia blacklisted the heads of a few Ecu personal army corporations, some individuals of safety products and services, EU lawmakers and different officers who’re “individually accountable for selling anti-Russian insurance policies”, the remark learn.
The Ecu Fee stated the EU deplored the ban of an unknown collection of representatives of EU nations and establishments.
“This determination lacks any criminal justification and transparency and can meet an acceptable reaction. With it, Russia continues to gas a local weather of tensions in Europe as an alternative of contributing to de-escalation,” a spokesperson stated.