In response to European Union sanctions against the Russian Federation, Russia has imposed sanctions against eight EU representatives.

The corresponding statement is published by the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

“The European Union continues a policy of imposing unlawful unilateral restrictions on Russian citizens and companies… The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation is authorized to announce that in response to the EU Council’s March 2 and 22, 2021 restrictions on six Russian citizens, Russia bans the following citizens from EU countries and EU officials from entering Russian territory,” Russia's Ministry said, attaching the list of individuals.

This is reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

Thus, under Federal Law No. 114-FZ “On the Entry to and Exit from the Russian Federation” of August 15, 1996, the following individuals were banned from entering Russia:

- Ivars ABOLINS, Chairman of the Republic of Latvia National Electronic Mass Media Council;

- Maris BALTINS, Director of the State Language Centre of the Republic of Latvia;

- Jacques MAIRE, member of the French delegation at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly;

- Jorg RAUPACH, Head of Berlin’s Prosecutor’s Office, Federal Republic of Germany;

- David Maria SASSOLI, President of the European Parliament;

- Asa SCOTT, Head of the laboratory of Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear Security at the Total Defence Research Institute of the Kingdom of Sweden;

- Ilmar TOMUSK, Head of the Language Department of the Republic of Estonia;

- Vera JOUROVA, Vice-President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency.