The European Commission said that the Russian ambassador to the European Union had requested the European Union’s Foreign Service (EEAS).
The ambassador was informed that the European Union condemns and considers Russia’s unacceptable declaration that it will ban entry to eight EU citizens, including many senior EU officials and member states.
The Russian measure was announced Friday to David Sasol, President of the European Parliament, Vera Gurova, Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, Commissioner for Justice, and officials from six member states of the European Union. Entry is prohibited to Russia. In its explanatory note, Moscow’s Foreign Ministry criticized, among other things, the fact that the European Union had recently introduced “illegal” and “unjustified” restrictive measures against Russian citizens and organizations.
The European Union’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the heads of the European Union institutions, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission, Charles Michel, the European Council, and David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament, condemned the Russian decision as strongly as possible. on Friday.
