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Moscow Issues 'retaliatory' Expanded List Banning German Officials from Russia
Moscow Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova told a briefing that Russia decided to retaliate to the EU's actions and added more names on retaliatory list.
In response to the EU sanctions, Moscow on December 28 expanded the list of banned german officials on a parity basis in corresponding to the retaliatory list of EU officials. In an official statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing that Russia decided to retaliate to the European Union’s actions Russia and added more names to the retaliatory list of representatives of the EU member countries and institutions who are prohibited from entering the territory of Russia.