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June 2nd, 2015 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed disappointment at their Western colleagues for publicizing lists of people subject to personal sanctions in Russia. They called such measures a threat to mutual trust.
“When European partners surpass all boundaries, it can’t
cause anything but disappointment. How can we trust such
partners?” Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Meshkov told
Interfax.
The comment came soon after Finnish mass media published a list
of people included in Russia’s blacklist, introduced as a reply
to the Western policy of personal sanctions that started in 2014.
Meshkov elaborated that the Russian blacklist was formed over 12
months ago, after a similar action against Russian officials was
undertaken by the European Union. He emphasized that every
inclusion in the list was backed up by a number of reasons. The
diplomat also told reporters the list was transferred to European
diplomats after repeated requests and on condition of
non-disclosure.
“We do not consider this as a political demarche. We simply
wanted to ease the lives of those who are on this list. All that
happened afterwards lies completely on our European partners’
conscience,” Meshkov noted.
The official explained the initial request from the EU was
apparently prompted by the need to save time and effort of
people, who suspected they were banned from entering Russia, and
didn’t want to apply for visas if they were to be refused anyway.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented on the situation with
blacklists on Monday: “We didn’t want to make this public.
When the European Union introduced restrictions on 150 Russian
citizens we did the same, but targeted a smaller number of EU
citizens. We didn’t want to follow the EU’s bad example and turn
the disclosure of these names into a loud campaign,” Lavrov
said.
Deputy director of the Foreign Ministry’s Information
Directorate, Mariya Zakharova, described Russia’s stance on the
problem in an extensive Facebook post published on Sunday. She
said the blacklist was sent to EU officials confidentially and
after repeated requests, only to be immediately disclosed to the
press.
“Gentlemen, this was below the belt,” Zakharova wrote.
She also claimed Russian diplomats had long ago stopped being
surprised at the dishonesty of their Western partners, but this
time it was on a shocking scale.
“Sanctions policies not approved by the UN Security Council
are an aimless action that has never yielded any positive
result,” she wrote.
READ MORE: Russia slaps personal sanctions on
200+ foreign citizens – report
In mid-March this year, popular Russian daily Izvestia said
Moscow had slapped sanctions on over 200 foreign officials known
for their anti-Russian positions and actions. The newspaper
concentrated on the US section of the list that included Deputy
National Security Advisor Caroline Atkinson, and firebrand
Arizona Senator John McCain. Izvestia also quoted an unnamed
Foreign Ministry source as saying that further expansion of the
Russian sanctions lists was possible if Western nations choose to
continue the standoff.
Source Article from http://rt.com/politics/263833-russia-blacklists-foreign-ministry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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