The head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin considers personalized punishment against Residents of the Russian Federation specially crafted tool of repression.

European countries and the United States accused the Russian Federation in the escalating conflict in Ukraine and introduced punishment, as well as among them against a number of bureaucrats and businessmen. Moscow has stated many times that to talk to Russia in the language of sanctions inappropriate and unproductive.

" All these unilateral punishment, and the more personalized the insults that are dealt, is a specially designed tool of repression, " said the head of the Railways on Thursday.

" When I consulted with our and foreign lawyers, I stated that you have no chance of winning any case, for example, in the us court or even the British, because is created the special system When the man took and arbitrarily attributed to the so-called public exposed person (PEP). Members of his family, he, his personal life, as if it must be absolutely transparent for all mankind. It is not important, that it is writing, he has no right to defend himself because he PEP, " said Yakunin, answering the question about the imposed sanctions against him and appeared in the media information about him and his family.

Chapter RZHD has added, this was absolutely Not democratic and immoral." Except as a tool of psychological pressure to call it cannot ", - he said.

Yakunin included in the sanctions list of the USA and Australia.

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