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Moscow says it has added several senior German security officials to its list of those barred from the country in response to the European Union s decision to place travel bans on Russian officials over a 2015 hacking attack on the German parliament.
The Russian Foreign Ministry did not name the individuals added to the list on December 29 in the tit-for-tat move, saying the new persons involved in the Russian stop-list have been elected senior officials of the German security and intelligence agencies that are part of the system of the German Defense Ministry.
In October, the European Union and Great Britain imposed sanctions against the head of Russia s GRU military intelligence agency, a unit within the agency, and one of its officers for their involvement in the cyberattack.
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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.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2020 11:00:00 AM
The Kremlin has banned officials of the German Defense Ministry s security and intelligence agencies entry to Russia. According to the diplomatic principle of reciprocity, senior members of the German security and intelligence agencies that are part of the German Defense Ministry system have been placed on Russian no-entry list, said the Russian Foreign Ministry in a statement.
The decision relates to EU sanctions against the leadership of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (former GRU), announced in October because of cyberattacks on the German parliament in 2015. The EU believes that the Fancy Bear group, which is associated with the GRU, is behind the attack.
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