Lavrov explained the principle of inclusion in the black list of the EU Residents
Punishment on the Inhabitants of the countries of the European Union was concerned those who supported the coup in Ukraine and the development of conditions for the persecution of the Russians, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia S. Lavrov In.. "Retaliatory penalties that have been entered, concerned leaders who actively supported the coup (Ukraine), during which the Russians in Ukraine were subjected to persecution and discrimination," he said, reports RIA " Novosti ". According to Lavrov, " it is done despite numerous conventions which member is Ukraine, which require protection of rights of national minorities, national groups ". Lavrov said that Moscow is not going to promote sanctions spiral, Everything will be depending on the actions of the EU." I can assure you that by responding proportionately and in smaller volumes (Russian list of banned in the Russian Federation Residents of EU countries) than unilateral punishment of the European Union, we were the first to promote this spiral is not going to. It all depends on our partners, their understanding of the situation and their ability not to hide the truth and not pretend they don't understand what is happening, " he said. Before the first day of the week, Lavrov said that the leak to the media of the Russian blacklist people in the European Union violates ethical standards. In the German foreign Ministry said that Berlin had expressed an interest in maintaining open channels with Moscow, despite the existence of black lists of citizens who are denied entry to the Russian Federation. Prior to that, Deputy Director of the Department of information and press of the Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that Moscow considers the possibility of expanding the black list of EU citizens. Before that, the President's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov reported that Moscow at the request of the European Union gave its own blacklist of Europeans