The OSCE recognized the election ban on entry into Ukraine for Russians permissible

The decision adopted by the Ukrainian authorities prohibiting a certain part of Russians to enter the country does not contradict the principles of the organization on security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE). This was stated by the director of the Bureau for Democratic Institutes and Human Rights (BDIPC) of the organization Yanez Lenarchich.

"Ukraine is currently faced with a powerful challenge for security and a serious threat to sovereignty and territorial integrity. Under such conditions, restrictions on freedom of movement are permitted by the OSCE obligations and international standards if they are proportionate and extremely necessary," RIA Novosti quoted him.

On the eve of the Russian airline Aeroflot notified passengers about the tough restrictions imposed by the Ukrainian authorities to enter the country for citizens of the Russian Federation. The ban on entry was introduced for all citizens of the Russian Federation aged 16 to 60 years.

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Over the first day, over 80 Russians who got into Ukraine by airplanes have suffered from the beginning of the ban from its introduction. Ukrainian border guards at the airports did not allow them to the territory of the country. In total, the Russians who were among passengers of about 15 flights were not allowed to the country, a source in the airlines told Interfax , who performs flights to Ukraine.

According to the online publication "Gazeta.Ru" , his correspondent was removed from the Moscow-Mariupol train on the Russian-Ukrainian border near Kharkov. The girl provided all the necessary documents and reported a working visit to the country. However, the border guards took her off the train, saying that "the purpose of arrival was not confirmed." They also stated that, according to the internal order, journalists cannot be allowed into the territory of Ukraine.

Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the State Border Service called unreasonable reports about cases of banning Russian journalists to enter Ukraine.

As reported, the restrictions introduced by the Ukrainian side concern not only men, but also women aged 20 to 35, having Ukrainian citizenship registered in Crimea and Sevastopol. They are promised to be allowed into the territory of Ukraine only after conducting "verification events". What are these events, Ukrainian officials do not report.

The State Border Service of Ukraine previously confirmed information about the introduction of restrictions, clarifying that it applies to citizens entering the country by all modes of transport. Exceptions will be made only in emergency cases, for example, in the presence of documents confirming the presence of entering related ties in Ukraine, as well as the death or serious illness of close relatives, certified originals of invitations of legal and individuals, or on the basis of permission from the State Border Service of Ukraine. The final decision on the ban on the entrance will be made on the border after more thorough checks.

Later, the unnamed representative of the Border Country press service explained to Interfax that the ban is related to the desire to prevent "possible provocations on the state border and terrorist acts."

"In connection with information about possible provocations on the state border, to prevent the territory of Ukraine, the State Border Service of Ukraine temporarily strengthens border control measures at the checkpoints on the Ukrainian -Russian border and at the line of the administrative border with the Crimea," the State Border Service said, which quotes Ukrinform .

At the same time, Ukrainian border guards referred to a certain closed order of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine, according to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Railways trains are followed without delay. “The only thing: trains conducting passengers that they can be planted in connection with the order of the national border service,” the unnamed representative of the company explained to the agency.

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the decision on the ban on the entry of some groups of Russians into Ukraine outrageous, "clearly discriminatory and unfriendly." The Russian authorities have already demanded that Ukrainian colleagues immediate official explanations. The Foreign Ministry is going to consider response measures after receiving explanations.

At the same time, Russia has already been made in Russia not to take an example from Ukraine and not to introduce symmetrical measures against Ukrainian citizens who may become hostages of Kyiv initiatives. So, Mikhail Markelov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Public Associations and Religious Organizations, believes that our country "should not meet the chaotic actions of the Kiev authorities mirroring, Russian Newspaper writes on Friday.

I.O. The Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andrei Deshchitsa could not comment on the information about the ban, explaining that he had learned about him from the media.

The press found out who would suffer the most from the ban

The most decision of Kyiv will hit Russian airlines. From January to April 2014, about 36% of passengers on Ukrainian flights were men, and Biletix.ru counted the Air tickets for the sale of air tickets. During 2013, 30% of passengers were single men from 16 to 60 years old, Pososhok considered the agency.

If the restrictions on the entrance will be valid before the end of the year, then cross the border, according to the rough assessment of Pososhok, will not be able to about 200 thousand passengers. At the average price of a ticket to Kiev 3,840 rubles, carriers will lose more than 760 million rubles, writes RBC Daily . Other articles on this subject are published by the site "Headings.ru" .

Kommersant reports that, as the representative of international airlines in Ukraine Yevgeny Satskaya specified, restrictions will not apply to air passengers from the Russian Federation following the airport of Kiev Borispol by transit.

Aeroflot, Transaero and Siberia said that from today passengers will be able to hand over previously purchased flights to Ukraine without penalties. Aeroflot promised to decide on Friday whether the carrier will sue the Ukrainian authorities due to losses that the company will incur in connection with an unplanned delivery of tickets.

How Russian spies were caught in Ukraine

Recall that tough measures on the Ukrainian border were taken even earlier - before the official announcement of the ban on entry for some Russians. So, the other day it was reported that for several months , 12 thousand citizens of the Russian Federation were not missed into the country.

The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine officially accused Russia of aggravating the situation in the southeast of the country. The department reported that the Russian special services are guided by groups to carry out provocations and escalating stress in order to further strength intervention on Ukraine.

The media reported that a group of pro -Russian "guests", provoking conflicts and frightening the Nazis, was traveling around Ukraine. For example, the TSN program reported on the “indigenous dessatists” who came to Simferopol to ask for help, and for some reason the girls were shown on television as “Kharkivski”.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported that over the past month, the same number of spies and saboteurs have been detained in Ukraine as for all times of independence. The service even published audio recordings of intercepted negotiations of the alleged Russian saboteurs, which give instructions for blocking the Ukrainian military units and the seizure of buildings of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In early April, the SBU announced the detention of a Russian saboteur , which allegedly carried out the assignment of special services to destabilize the situation in the southern regions of Ukraine. The detainee was a certain Maria Coleda for 22 years. According to the SBU, on April 7, she took part in clashes near Nikolaev , during which three people allegedly injured. During the detention, the girl seized a traumatic gun converted for firing combat cartridges, and methodological recommendations for the preparation of sabotage groups.

In addition, the SBU employees detained a resident of the Kherson region, who planned to commit strategic objects, in particular the Kakhovsky hydroelectric power station at the head of the armed group. According to the SBU, the detainee is a man born in 1960.