Russian MPs remained indifferent to the sanctions of Canada

Russian MPs caught in the sanctions list Canada, with indifference to react to the limitations of Ottawa and was told that was not going in this country, However, reminded of the importance of parliamentary contacts and " priority freedoms ".

leader Barack Obama on December 20 announced economic blockade of the Crimea, prohibiting any economic relations with the Peninsula, which became part of Russia.

Canada, for its part, wants to add to the sanctions list of the Inhabitants of the Russian Federation. According to the statement issued from eleven included in the list of Russian citizens 10 are parliamentarians. Among them Vice-speaker of the state Duma and head of the faction " United Russia " Vladimir Vasilyev, the MPs Leonid Kalashnikov (CPRF), Igor Lebedev (LDPR), Oleg Lebedev (LDPR), the Deputy head of the state Duma Nikolai Levichev ( " Fair Russia " ), 1st Deputy Chairman of the state Duma Ivan Melnikov (KPRF), the MPs Victor Vodolatsky (United Russia ), Svetlana Zhurova (United Russia ) and Vladimir Nikitin (CPRF).

in addition, the list included the Deputy head of the Council of Federation Yuri Vorobiev, as Well as the head offices of the self-proclaimed Donetsk national Republic (DND) in the Russian Federation Andrey Rodkin.


The leader of the faction " United Russia ", Deputy speaker of the state Duma Vladimir Vasiliev believes that punishment Canada prevent inter-parliamentary contacts.

" punishment in conflict with the principles of open dialogue and complicate inter-parliamentary contacts in the moment when They are most important, " said correspondents Vladimir Vasiliev.

in General the MP " indifferent " attitude to put with regard to him embargo.

He said that not too long ago returned from Vietnam, where I went from the delegation of the state Duma. Equally within his parliamentary career, He wants to visit Cuba, and Canada was not going ", for this reason, the decision of Ottawa on his plans will not be affected.


1st Deputy Chairman of the Department of the state Duma international Affairs, the people's choice from the Communist party Leonid Kalashnikov considers the punishment of Canada entered against him, restriction of freedoms that the West, in his vision, are " empty word ".

" one way or another in Canada I do not wish. However, I think it's limiting my freedoms that the West all the time labored as immediate freedoms, " said Fins news Kalashnikov.

" now They have shown their true face, in reality for them freedom is an empty word. Why They prohibit politicians to come to their country? Because they are afraid of the voice, we're not machines, we're for it. This freedom of speech, which They denied, was in reality a zilch, nothing more, " added the MP.

The politician said that he had tried many times to get an explanation about these penalties.

" I have been asked many times as you have the opportunity to explain it. They don't have a chance to explain - (President of the parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) Anne Brasseur, or other policy that I asked this question, " said Kalashnikov.

according to the comments of the Deputy, the punishment of Canada - the second wave after the other Western embargo." They are, to not bother, take the list that was before the European Union ", - said the people's choice.


Vice-speaker of the state Duma LDPR Igor Lebedev, got to the sanctions list of Canada, said that loses nothing from punishment


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