The permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the EU Chizhov has restricted free access to the European Parliament
Alexander Shishlo. The European Parliament on Tuesday decided to restrict free access to the Assembly, the permanent representative of Russia to the EU Vladimir Chizhov in response to the black List of persons banned from entering Russia, said the press service of the head of the EP, Martin Schulz.
"The European Parliament restricts free access to the Assembly for the Ambassador and one other a particular policy," according to a press release.
Western media published on the last working day of the week black List of Residents of EU countries, who are denied entry to the Russian Federation. This document includes the names of 89 people, and among them, about 20 current and 10 former members of the European Parliament, current and former Directors of intelligence services of Britain and the Baltic States, a number of British, German, Polish and Estonian military of Directors, and the Deputy head of the Romanian state company " Transgaz ".
The head the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia S. V. Lavrov on the first day of the week said about the main criteria in the capital of Russia was guided in compiling the list of banned Europeans. As in the case of sanctions from the EU, mainly there was the situation in Ukraine.
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