Deputy head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov, explaining the restriction of access by the European Parliament to the Russian Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov in the Assembly, said that common sense in the decisions of the European people's deputies less and somehow there are " do nothing ".

"A colleague Chizhov not very much to lose if he's not going to go into the hall of the European Parliament. This Assembly can in principle not to go - and without restriction, and with restrictions there is nothing to do. Because, considering the mood of the majority of members of this Assembly that they have the ability to say, any decision that they have the opportunity to take pre-calculate and common sense in these decisions, at least in the part concerning Russia, unfortunately, every month less and less, " - said Ryabkov.


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

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