Explanatory for the list

The German government demanded that Moscow clearly justify the ban on eight citizens of the country to enter Russia. It is reported by Deutsche Welle. “If someone wants to appeal the decision, then he should know why this list is included,” said the official representative of the German Foreign Ministry.

For his part, the press secretary of the department of the Federal Chancellor Steffen Zaybert assured that the publication of the black list is not a reason for stopping contacts with Moscow regarding the settlement of the situation in Ukraine. "The whole set of the conflict in Ukraine we discuss almost every day with the Russian side," the official said.

Zaibert also expressed the hope that the inclusion of the Secretary of the Council of the European Union Uwe Corzepius will not affect his future work as an adviser to the German Chancellor Angel Merkel on European issues. Corzepius will take a position in the Merkel department, after the term of his authority in the EU Council expires at the end of June.

Meanwhile, Lithuania President Dalya Grybauskaite said she was proud of the inclusion of his adviser to Jovita in the blacklist of Moscow. "As far as I know, in this list - the most famous politicians in Europe. I can only rejoice that my adviser on foreign policy issues is also introduced into it along with such famous surnames," the president Delfi.lt reports . "This is a huge assessment."

Earlier on Monday, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergei Lavrov, accused the EU of "violation of ethical norms" in connection with the publication of the black list of European politicians who are prohibited from entering Russia. "We handed over the list at the request of the European Union on a confidential basis, and it immediately became the subject of leakage in the press, and the European Union, which usually does not comment on the leaks, happily commented on it. So I also see some violations of ethical norms," ​​the official said.

Lavrov called the introduction of sanctions by Russia a response to a “unilateral, unfriendly, unnecessary step” (the introduction of anti -Russian sanctions by the European Union. - Ed.). He emphasized that Russia was restrained for a long time and its answer is less large than the EU sanctions.

The minister noted that Europeans who supported the "state transport" in Ukraine got into the Russian black lists. According to him, the Russians in this country began to undergo discrimination.

Meanwhile, the press secretary of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin was surprised by the reaction to the publication of the black list. “The very publishing this list is the business of our partners, but such a reaction is simply to the existence of a list - it is difficult to understand in the current situation,” the official said. At the same time, he refused to answer the question whether to expand this list or reduce it.

On May 30, the Finnish television and radio broadcasting company Yle reported that 89 names were included in the Russian black list . Among his defendants is the former deputy prime minister of British Nick Klegg, ex-prime minister Belgium, deputy of the European Parliament Gerkhofstadt, former European Commissioner for EU EU Stefan Fule, French journalist Bernar-Henri Levy, member of the European Parliament from Finland Haidi Hautal, ex-chairman of the Sejm Lithuania and the former The Euro-deputy Vitautas Landsbergis, former deputy of the British Parliament Malcolm Rifkind, former vice-president of the European Parliament Scott McMillan, French left-wing politician Daniel Kon-Bendy.