Official comments on Russia’s visa sanctions against US citizens.

ITAR TASS

Visa sanctions against a number of U.S. citizens introduced by Moscow were not a mirror-like reaction to the drawing up of the so-called Magnitsky list in the U.S., Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday as he spoke live on the air over the Echo of Moscow radio.

The Magnitsky list he referred to is a blacklist of Russian officials, whom the U.S. denies an entry to its territory on the grounds that they were – or might have been – involved in one way or another in the controversial case of the late Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, a staff-member at the Hermitage Capital Foundation consultancy based in the UK.

“We believe the Magnitsky list opens up a possibility of a major blow to bilateral relations,” Ryabkov said. “Once again, the mentality hinged on sanctions shows up. You can’t demonstrate all the time you think you have a right to punish anyone for anything.”

“I’ve heard more than once the things like, well look, the Russians have responded with a list of their own but it doesn’t make a difference for anyone because these U.S. officials /blacklisted by Moscow/ don’t have accounts at Russian banks or real estate on Rublyovskoye Shosse /a road in the Moscow region, along which the countryside mansions of extremely wealthy Russians are located – Itar-Tass/,” Ryabkov said.

“All of this is absolute nonsense,” he went on saying. “The crux of the matter is we can’t leave provocative steps unanswered and we respond to them with similar measures, but we apply them largely to the people responsible for the outrageous things happening in the field of human rights protection, and this what we wrote in our report.”

“This /the Russian list of persons subject to travel visa denials – Itar-Tass/ was not a mirror-like response,” Ryabkov said. “Very simply, the pace of developments sped up.” займы онлайн на карту срочно займы на карту без отказа https://zp-pdl.com/apply-for-payday-loan-online.php https://zp-pdl.com/apply-for-payday-loan-online.php займы на карту срочно