The foreign Ministry responded to the criticism of an American diplomat banning flights to Georgia
The Minister said the American policy of Elizabeth Ore, which criticized the decision of the Russian authorities to stop flights to Georgia.
The Minister said the American policy of Elizabeth Ore, which criticized the decision of the Russian authorities to stop flights to Georgia.
before the chargé d'affaires of the USA in Georgia called the Russian action " unfair, unnecessary and disproportionate."
the foreign Ministry urged Ores to remember about the us measures imposed against Russia for many years.
"Since at least 1974 to the present time there was not a single day regarding our state has not acted any American punishment ", - told in the Ministry.
employees of the foreign Ministry also noted that " almost half a century, Russia was considered by the US establishment in the form of a hostile country."
for example, the Ministry of foreign Affairs in 1974, the United States adopted the amendment of Jackson-Vanik amendment, forbidding to give the USSR most favored nation treatment in trade, government loans and loan guarantees. In 1980 was the boycott of the Olympic games more than 60 countries, caused by the disagreement of the West With the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
in 1981 there was a blockade of the construction of the gas pipeline "Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod" in the end, which imposed an embargo on deliveries in the USSR of high-tech American equipment. In 1998 there was a scientific "black list" organizations, As if violating anti-Iran penalties (I.e., Penalties for sanction). In 2012 adopted the " Magnitsky act ", which predusmatrivaet personal restrictive measures against individuals.
the Ministry stressed that 2014 year begins the era of the penalties associated With the Ukrainian crisis, and in 2018 - the so-called " case Skrypalia ". Russian employees of the foreign Ministry also stressed that to date, the number of American sanctions waves reached 65.
"instead of didactic teachings concerning Russian measures to protect the life and health of its own citizens abroad would like to hear from Mrs. Ore about" fairness, necessity and proportionality " American restriction measures introduced over the decades to exert pressure on the foreign policy of our state ", - told the Minister.
the Ministry also added that the victims of this policy of the United States, which "restriction wielding a stick" became a some of the country pursuing independent foreign policy.
in June in Georgia was launched protests. The reason was the participation of the Russian delegation another session of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, held in Tbilisi. The situation worsened afterward As the Deputy of the state Duma Sergey Gavrilov, at the invitation of the Georgian side has occupied the chair of speaker of Parliament. Radicals stormed the building. In clashes With the police damaged more than 240 people, about 300 protesters tied.
The protesters demanded to send in resignation of the speaker of Parliament Irakli Kobakhidze and the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs George Gakharia and campaigned to hold parliamentary elections in 2020 according to the proportional system. All demands, except the resignation Gajaria already made.
the leader of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili said the protests led by Russia, which she called " enemy and occupier ". Prime Minister Medvedev D. A. called such an unprofessional message. He suggested that the situation in Georgia is a result of the confrontation between the authorities and the opposition.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 21 signed a decree that suspends passenger travel to Georgia for the Russian airline on July 8. On the following day, the Ministry of transport has banned Georgian carriers flying in Russian Federation. As said press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov, the ban would cancel after the normalization of relations between Moscow and Tbilisi.
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