February 23, 2021
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Russia irked over EU’s sanction decision

The stage set for another clashdown. “It is only regrettable that such illegitimate instruments — ultimatums, pressure and sanctions — are rooted in the EU’s foreign policy arsenal,” the Russian Foreign Ministry added...reports Asian Lite News

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The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed it’s disappointment with the European Union’s decision to impose fresh sanctions against Russian citizens “under a far-fetched pretext”.

“The foreign ministers of the bloc had agreed to impose restrictive measures against those responsible for the “arrest, sentencing and persecution” of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny,” said Josep Borrell, EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it is “unacceptable” to make “unlawful and absurd” calls for the release of a Russian citizen convicted of economic crimes by a Russian court in accordance with Russian law.

“In international practice, this is called interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state,” it read.

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“It is only regrettable that such illegitimate instruments — ultimatums, pressure and sanctions — are rooted in the EU’s foreign policy arsenal,” the ministry added.

“The myth of EU’s own infallibility in the field of human rights was refuted on a daily basis” by police brutality, the attack on freedom of the media, and the curb on using the Russian language, it noted.

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