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There will be a response to Russia s decision to blacklist officials from several EU member states - Rinkevics 2021-05-05 LETA/TBT Staff
RIGA - A response to Russia s decision to blacklist several officials of European Union (EU) bodies and member states will come soon, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics (New Unity) emphasized after a meeting with Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides today.
He pointed out that a statement from the Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was published on Friday of last week, following the announcement of Russia s decision. We consider this a completely unjustified step - to sanction the President of the European Parliament (EP), Vice-Presidents of the European Commission (EC) and a number of EU citizens. We have also reserved the right to respond to this step at a specific time and in a way we deem necessary, said Rinkevics, noting that these matters are being coordinated with EU colleagues.
Russia blacklists 8 EU citizens - Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW. April 30 (Interfax) - Russia has barred entry to eight citizens and officials of the European Union, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation is authorized to announce that, in response to the restrictive measures introduced by the EU Council on March 2 and March 22 of this year against six Russian citizens, the following EU citizens and officials have been banned from entering Russia in accordance with the federal law on traveling to and from the Russian Federation, No.114-FZ, dated August 15, 1996, the ministry said in a statement on its website.
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Throughout this month, Latvia has suspended up to seventeen Russian television channels that have been an aggressive and subversive force within the Baltic nation.
Earlier this month, a Russian channel named Rossija RTR was banned from Latvia by that nation’s National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP). The NEPLP reasons given for that action were that Rossija RTR had engaged in “incitement to hatred or discrimination against a person or group of persons on grounds of sex, race or ethnic origin. To summon to war or to cause military conflict on grounds of origin, nationality, religion or belief, disability, age or other circumstances.”