EU officials deported to Moscow
(B2) Several European officials — including Sandra Kalniete, former Foreign Minister of Latvia and now MEP (EPP) — have been refused entry into Russian territory to attend the funeral by Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opponent assassinated on Friday (February 27) close to the Kremlin. A response to the restrictive measures taken by the European Union, it is underlined in Moscow. No, we answer in Brussels.
Differences with European sanctions
« Travel restrictions by Russia on certain European individuals are being applied without any element of reasoning or prior warning of their implementation to whom they apply. This is in stark contrast to how EU travel restrictions for Russian citizens have been enforced.. underlines the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, , promising intends to ask "explanations" in Moscow.
Moscow pushes all the buttons
« The repeated and arbitrary refusal of entry into Russian territory of elected parliamentarians constitutes an affront to EU-Russia relations and to the work of democratic institutions He adds. This act is doubling reaction (because) in these moments who call with restraint and goodwill, the Russian administration continue to to push on all buttons who go in the direction opposite to de-escalation ».
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