Russia will retaliate for new U.S. sanctions
Russia will take appropriate measures in response to the fresh punishment USA legally Magnitsky, according to a letter from the Russian Embassy in the U.S. capital.
Russia will take appropriate measures in response to the fresh punishment USA legally Magnitsky, according to a letter from the Russian Embassy in the U.S. capital.
The introduction of penalties in the Embassy described As " an attempt of unilateral coercive measures contrary to international law ". Similar measures have been enacted in a civilized dialogue countries, said the foreign Ministry staff.
As emphasized in the Embassy, fresh punishment come into conflict positive attitude between the 2 countries, established after the meeting in Sochi, Secretary of state Mike Pompeo with Russian President Vladimir Putin and foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
the Embassy also told that the American penalties against the special unit "Terek" obstruct cooperation in the battle against crime or indicate a fear of the US capital, because this unit has the ability to be involved in the Arctic.
first, the U.S. Treasury contributed to the sanctions list with five citizens of Russia - Ruslan Eremeev, Gennady Karlov, Sergei Cassava, Elena Tricula and commander of a special squad "Terek" Abuzaid Vismuradov. In addition, under the penalties got yourself a squad.
Ruslan Eremeev, a former commander of the battalion, which the lawyers of the family of Boris Nemtsov called the customer of the murder. Cossies - a former chief of a corrective colony No. 7 in Karelia, tried for 2, 5 years in prison for abuse or exceeding of authority in the institution. According to media reports, Gennady Karlov has worked in the Investigative Committee of the interior Ministry and were related to the " Magnitsky case ". Elena Tricula worked as an investigator of the Investigation Department.
The US in the early winter of 2012 took Magnitsky act of sanctions concerning citizens of Russia, relevant, in the opinion of the American state, for human rights violations. Russian authorities, for their part, many times stated about the illegality of the politicization of the case of Magnitsky. Later the act was given the status of a global law, the punishment for which cannot be limited to the people of Russia and used for all countries where human rights are violated.
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