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EU condemns Moscow’s travel bans on senior policymakers European Parliament president David Sassoli and Commission Vice President Vera Jourova barred from entering Russia. Fotolia 04 May 2021 EU leaders have reacted with fury at Russia’s decision to sanction European Parliament president David Sassoli and European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova. Russia has also barred officials from Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia and Sweden from entering the country in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Russian citizens by the EU. Russia s foreign ministry said those banned included Jourova, Vice President for values and transparency at the Commission, European Parliament President Sassoli and Jacques Maire, a member of the French delegation at the Council of Europe s Parliamentary Assembly. ....
Russia bars EU officials as latest row escalates Published on Share Tensions between Russia and the European Union escalated on Friday as Moscow barred eight EU officials from entering the country and Brussels warned it could respond in kind. In the latest row to strain relations, Moscow said its move was a response to sanctions imposed by the European Council last month against four top Russian security officials over the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and a violent police response to protests in his support. “The European Union continues its policy of unilateral illegitimate restrictive measures targeting Russian citizens and organisations,” the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement. ....
Russia has blacklisted eight officials from different European Union countries, including the head director of the Estonian Language Inspectorate (Keeleinspektsioon) Ilmar Tomusk. The Russian foreign ministry announced on Friday that banning another eight EU officials comes in retaliation for sanctions imposed on Russian citizens in the EU in March. The Kremlin also recently placed Estonia, the U.S, the U.K, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Poland, Ukraine and the Czech Republic on its unfriendly list. Altogether, Russia banned three officials from the Baltic states: Ivars Abolins, chairman of Latvia s National Electronic Media Council; Maris Baltins, director of the Latvian State Language Center; and Ilmar Tomusk, head of Estonia s Language Inspectorate, Reuters reported. ....
Sweden summoned Russia’s ambassador to Stockholm on Saturday (1 May), denouncing Moscow for sanctioning European Union officials including a Swedish researcher in an escalating row between Russia and the West. The announcement came a day after Moscow barred eight EU officials from entering Russia – itself a retaliation to European Council sanctions over the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and violent police response to protests in his support. Swedish foreign ministry spokesman Mats Samuelsson told AFP that the Russian ambassador was being summoned “to express our protests regarding the Russian measures”. “Unlike the EU sanctions… Russia’s sanctions are arbitrary, legally unclear and are the expression of political motives,” the ministry said. ....
European Parliament president hopes Russia will lift sanctions against him According to David Sassoli, his ban is not personal but affects the head of parliament to punish the whole institution ROME, May 3. /TASS/. President of the European Parliament David Sassoli has expressed optimism that sanctions imposed against him by Moscow will be lifted and he will be able to pay a visit to Moscow in the foreseeable future, he said in an interview published in La Stampa on Monday. According to Sassoli, his ban is not personal but affects the head of parliament to punish the whole institution. We believe in dialogue, the force of diplomacy, multipolarity, trade, we are not moving troops and we are not aggressive, he said. I hope that this measure (entry ban - TASS) will be quickly lifted and I will be able to go to Moscow to discuss human rights and political freedoms. I think that the nation of this great country expects and deserves it, Sassoli said when asked if he be ....