MOSCOW, March 9 Against the backdrop of anti-Russian policy and the imposition of sanctions against Russian legislators, retaliatory restrictions in regarding European parliamentarians are appropriate, said Konstantin Kosachev, Vice Speaker of the Federation Council. =»/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/506e3a715d8970684d032f4281080450.jpg» />08:00Europe is looking for options to reduce its damage from sanctions. It turns out badly «The European Union has again shown itself to be an anti-democratic structure operating by illegal methods. There are less and less chances for dialogue. I personally consider retaliatory sanctions (against parliamentarians) in this case to be absolutely appropriate. We will discuss with colleagues,» the RIA Novosti politician said on Wednesday . He stressed that over the past years, the Russian delegation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has fought for a clear position of this main «profile» organization regarding the inadmissibility of sanctions against parliamentarians. «Inadmissibility, in principle, as an absolutely anti-democratic measure, as a measure that violates the rights of only parliamentarians, but also their voters — at least as long as such parliamentarians do not violate the constitution and legislation of their country,» said the Vice Speaker of the Federation Council.
March 5, 16:10In Italy, they confirmed the arrest of the property of Russians who fell under EU sanctionsAccording to him, in different years it was possible to achieve two clear statements on this subject by two consecutive chairmen of the IPU — Saber Chowdhury and Gabriela Cuevas Baron, «thanks to both.» «However, the draft relevant resolutions of the IPU, submitted by the Russian delegation, were blocked at least four times by the Westerners, and in some cases with a clear violation of the procedures of the IPU. Now it is completely clear why this was done,» Kosachev stressed. Sanctions are the only tool left for the Westerners diplomacy, including parliamentary diplomacy, which can only be regretted, the senator said. «I emphasize — not in a personal capacity, but in a professional one: parliamentary diplomacy often turns out to be the last channel for making decisions when all the others are already closed,» the politician concluded. jpg» />February 26, 02:58Exacerbation of the situation in the DPR and LPRActor Dmitry Pevtsov was included in the EU sanctions listRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized. Russians for the recognition of the DNR and LNR
