On the eve of the June EU summit, which will consider the question of the extension of the EU sanctions against Russia, relations between Moscow and Brussels, a new scandal rocked. The Russian side gave the EU mission in Moscow became the property of the media a list of 89 European politicians and the military who are denied entry to the territory of the Russian Federation. Most of the defendants are the country holding the most rigid stance towards Russia. According to the respondents “b” of experts, although the black list in Moscow and will be a decisive factor in the decision to impose sanctions, it will bring a new level of confrontation.
The black list of 89 representatives of the European Union who are denied entry to the territory of the Russian Federation was in the Western media after the Russian side has submitted it to the EU mission in Moscow . Yesterday, the world media quoted European diplomats said that the list included 17 representatives from 28 countries – EU members. Among them – the leader of the ruling Socialists in France, Bruno Le Roux, former Deputy Prime Minister of Britain Nick Clegg, former Prime Minister of Belgium Guy Verhofstadt, head of the faction “of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe” in the European Parliament, EU Council Secretary General Uwe Korsepius, which will soon be foreign policy advisor of Chancellor Angela Merkel.
In addition to the deputies of the European Parliament – both existing and former – the list includes representatives of law enforcement agencies, intelligence agencies and business circles of the countries – EU members. By the number of persons involved in it is far ahead of Poland (18 names), followed by Britain with nine persons involved. They are followed by Sweden and Estonia (eight), Lithuania and Germany (seven), Latvia and Romania (five). Thus, the greatest sanction pressure from Moscow have been representatives of those EU countries that take a hard line against the Russian Federation and in favor of the extension of sanctions at the forthcoming EU summit on June 26. At the same time, not in the list of representatives of Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Austria and other countries that make conciliatory gestures towards Moscow and make it clear that they want to quickly resume cooperation with Russia.
to confirm the existence of the list, which was referred to “our European partners,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov did not comment on its staff, citing Moscow pursued a policy of non-disclosure of names. In turn, in the representation of the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini blacklist Moscow called “a measure of completely arbitrary and unjustified.”
previously approved the blacklist of Europeans, who are denied entry to Russia was made public immediately after its adoption, and only at the end of last week. Disclosure of names preceded by the story of the deported from Russia deputy Karl-Georg Wellmann (see. “Kommersant” on May 26), and then in solidarity with him a trip to Russia suffered a vice chairman of the Bundestag Johannes Zinghammer.
“The scandal surrounding the list of 89 EU citizens who will be denied entry to the territory of Russia, further inflame passions in the run-up to June 26 EU summit. At the same time, make a list public, Moscow was not to aggravate. Rather the opposite – given the fact that the list has been approved earlier, the Russian side has only tried to minimize the impact of future scandals that would arise every time after refusing entry to a particular European politicians, bureaucrats or the military . In general, in Moscow decided to prefer one current scandal dozens of other future “- said” Y “director of the Russian program at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs Arkady Moshes.
According to Mr. Moshes, despite Moscow’s desire not to go for further intensification of relations with the EU on the eve of the summit on June 26 the scandal with the “list of 89″ fits into the overall context of the conflict in a relationship between Russia and the EU, which has grown over the past year framework of Ukraine and acquired a deep systemic. “No signs of the conflict more and more. For example,” Gazprom “there are only a half months in which to respond to the accusations of the European Commission in violation of antitrust laws. In addition, the EU further alienating Russia its increasingly active strategic rapprochement with China,” – He said “Kommersant” Arkady Moshes. According to him, in this situation to talk about a partnership between Moscow and Brussels over inappropriate. As to what effect the “list of 89″ on a future decision on sanctions, then, in his opinion, can only speak of indirect influence, since the adoption of the question of sanctions is not the deciding factor will be “the war of lists” and the progress of the Minsk agreements.
Assessment Mr. Moshes shared department head of the Center for Strategic Assessments situational analysis of the RAS Sergei Utkin. “It is hardly necessary to look to politics was when it was made public the list. Perhaps the case with Karl-Georg Wellmann just pushed the Russian authorities to the decision on the transfer list in the EU, so as not to arrange each time the scandals stuck in our airports from passengers high EU. The existence of the list is not news: Russian officials have repeatedly hinted that in response to the personal EU sanctions against Russians symmetric measures will be taken “, – reminded the” b “Sergei Utkin.
The expert said the policy of refusing entry to the Russian ineffective. “Such an approach is not conducive to dialogue and reduce stress. Instead of debating with the critics of Russia, applied to them prohibitive measures, which many in the EU will be interpreted as a confirmation of the correctness of their criticism. Moreover, a number of people were on the list just tried, along with criticism, talking about the need for joint research with Russia to solve existing problems. Now, Moscow adopted a measure to encourage them to tighten up their position, “- said” Kommersant “Sergei Utkin.
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