LDPR rally. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 30The Liberal Democratic Party held a protest rally near the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow in connection with the ban on the delivery of goods to Svalbard, where miners from Russia are located. Earlier, Norway did not allow Russia to deliver goods for the village where they are Russian miners.
The Foreign Ministry threatened Oslo with retaliatory measures because of the situation around Svalbard «I want to remind my colleagues from Norway that you will not be able to hide behind the backs of the European Union, because you are not members of the EU, but you are members of the European Economic Zone,» State Duma deputy Vasily Vlasov said , speaking to the audience, his speech was broadcast on the party's Telegram channel. According to the politician, such actions against the Russian Federation already «this autumn» will force European citizens to come to the authorities and express indignation «for new payments, for gas and oil, gasoline.» “As for Norway, we will not allow certain “comrades” to influence the fact that our miners, there are about 500 of them who work on a rotational basis, have access to drinking water and medicines blocked, so that Norway does not allow cargo (to Svalbard — ed. ),” Vlasov later told reporters. As the party leader and head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Slutsky told RIA Novosti the day before, Oslo directly violates its international bottom-legal obligations. He noted that Norway's refusal to allow Russian cargo to Svalbard «borders on declaring a food blockade to Russian miners.» Norway had previously rejected an application from the Russian Federation for the passage of goods for Russian settlements on Svalbard through the only checkpoint on the Russian-Norwegian border Storskog, the Norwegian television channel NRK reported from reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country. Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said on Wednesday that by their decision, the Norwegian authorities violated the Paris Treaty of 1920, according to which the parties, including Norway and Russia, recognize Norway's sovereignty over Svalbard, but on the condition that the import of goods by a country party to the agreement does not will be subject to restrictions.
Klishas questioned Oslo's sovereignty over Svalbard
