Moscow will not leave without reaction of punishment, which the European Union imposed due to the November conflict in the Kerch Strait, said the foreign Ministry. A pretext for entering of Russian citizens to sanctions list of the EU affects the hypocrisy and cynicism underlines a diplomatic Ministry. The "wine" of our border guards is that they are the resolute actions stopped organized by the Kiev authorities on 25 November 2018 gross provocation in the area of the Strait of Kerch ", - reported in the explanations of the Department of information and press. The foreign Ministry notes that the statement about the fact that the Russian Federation has "violated international law and used force unnecessarily," not true: the Ukrainian ships violated the border in the place which was Russian territory even before the reunification of the Crimea with Russia, and the border guards acted in full accordance with the norms of international law, the Constitution and Russian legislation. In addition, the Ukrainian sailors then publicly realized the provocative nature of organized with their participation, the conflict, the Ministry added. "It is regrettable that the EU in fact sided with the Kiev authorities, which overturned the November events in the Kerch Strait" up ", - reported the foreign Ministry staff. for reviews of the foreign Ministry, the decision of the EU Council shows disregard for the right of Russia to protect its border. yesterday, the EU imposed penalties against eight citizens of Russia, which believes is to blame for the incident in the Kerch Strait. In the black list, for example, was commander of the southern military district Alexander Dvornikov, head of the border guard of the FSB in the Crimea and Sevastopol Sergey Stankevich, his Deputy Andrey Shenin and the chief of service of FSB in the Crimea and Sevastopol Ruslan Romashkin. in addition, punishment for the same reason we have imposed and the United States, adding to their black lists the names of six citizens of Russia. Among them are the same Stankevich, Chenin and Romashkin, as well as Deputy head of the border service Gennady Medvedev. In addition, penalties were eight Russian organizations. Twenty-5 on November 3 ships of naval forces of Ukraine violated the state border of Russia in the Black sea and a couple of hours maneuvered in a dangerous manner, not responding to the legitimate demands of the Russian border guards. In the end, the guards tied the ships, the cabin was 24 the military, and Among them two employees of the SBU. All of them were arrested on charges of illegal crossing of the state border. leader Vladimir Putin drew attention that the border guards performed the duty for the protection of the state border. The incident in the Kerch Strait, he called in advance prepared provocation that took Petro Poroshenko for his low ratings in early presidential elections in Ukraine. <span style="color:darkgray