People's choice: the primacy of Britain and the Baltic region countries on the black list is not surprising
The superiority of Britain and the Baltic States in Russian "black list" is not surprising and reflects the attitude of these States to Russia, said 1st Deputy head of the parliamentary faction "United Russia" Franz Klintsevich.
Russian visa "black List" of EU Residents includes 89 people, 60 of them are citizens of Britain and the Baltic countries: Poland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. A senior source in the Russian foreign Ministry said that the limits were only introduced in response to the actions of the European Union.
"Nobody can wonder the championship in this restrictive list of authorized Poland, the UK and the Baltic States. It's nothing personal. The list only reflects the specific EU countries to Russia ", - said Klintsevich correspondents on the first day of the weekend.
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