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Sputnik Maksim Blinov
Moscow announced the imposition of sanctions on several British officials, in response to restrictive measures taken by London against Russian citizens in the face of the alleged poisoning of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.
In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that it had summoned the UK ambassador to Moscow, Deborah Brunert, and provided her with a memorandum on the Russian response to what was described as “ hostile and unconstructive steps related to the adoption of unacceptable and unjustified restrictive measures last October against some Russian citizens. Apparently they were involved in the Alexei Navalny accident. “
The ministry explained that the Russian response, which is based on the principle of reciprocity, is to expand the list of British citizens who are prohibited from entering the territory of Russia, noting that the new black list includes those responsible for “intensifying the punitive activities against Russia “.
The aforementioned British sanctions list coincides with the one adopted in October by the European Union and includes senior officials from the administration of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Ministry of Defense.
Russia categorically denies Western accusations that Navalny was poisoned on August 20 by elements of the Russian intelligence services, accusing the West of politicizing the issue and refusing to cooperate to reveal the truth of what happened.
Source: RT
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