In this photo takes from a video provided by the Babuskinsky District Court on Thursday, April 29, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on TV screens during a hearing on charges of defamation in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Navalny appeared in court via video link from prison Thursday for an appeal against his conviction and fine for defaming a World War II veteran. Navalny was convicted in February and ordered to pay a fine of 850-thousand rubles (dollars 11,500). (Babuskinsky District Court Press Service via AP)
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Moscow has banned a number of prominent European Union officials from entering Russia in response to European sanctions on Russian officials in March.
In a press release on Friday, Russia’s government announced that the president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, was among the eight European officials sanctioned.
“The European Union is continuing its policy of unilateral, illegitimate restrictive measures targeting Russian citizens and organizations,” the statement said.
Along with Sassoli, Moscow has sanctioned Vera Jourova, a Czech politician who serves as vice president for values and transparency at the European Commission, Jorg Raupach, the head of the Berlin prosecutor’s office, and Jacques Maire, a French politician.
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“The European Union continues its policy of illegitimate unilateral restrictive measures targeting Russian citizens and organizations,” Russian diplomacy said in a statement, accusing the EU of seeking to hinder Russia’s development “at all costs” .
According to the press release, Russia notably forbids entry into its territory to eight European officials, including the President of the European Parliament David Maria Sassoli, an Italian, and a Vice-President of the European Commission, Vera Jourova, a Czech national in charge. of Values and Transparency.
Mr Sassoli denounced this decision by assuring on his Twitter account: “no sanction or intimidation will prevent @ Europarl EN (The European Parliament) or myself from defending human rights, freedom and democracy” .
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Russia on Friday barred eight officials from European Union countries from entering the country in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Russian citizens by the EU.
Russia’s foreign ministry said those banned included Vera Jourova, vice president for values and transparency at the executive European Commission, David Sassoli, the president of the European parliament, and Jacques Maire, a member of the French delegation at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly.
“The European Union continues to pursue its policy of illegitimate, unilateral restrictive measures against Russian citizens and organizations,” the ministry said in a statement.
It accused the EU of “openly and deliberately” undermining the independence of Russia’s domestic and foreign policy.