Sanction tit-for-tat: Moscow strikes back against US officials

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Russia’s Foreign Ministry has published a reciprocal sanctions list of US citizens, consisting of 10 names, including: House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, Senator J. McCain; and advisers to President Obama D. Pfeiffer and C. Atkinson.

These officials, along with another five named by the Foreign Ministry, are banned from entering the country.

The move comes in response to US sanctions imposed against Russian officials after the March-16 referendum in Crimea, which Washington considered “illegitimate.”

“In response to sanctions imposed by the US Administration on 17 March against a number of Russian officials and deputies of the Federal Assembly as a “punishment” for support of the referendum in Crimea, the Russian foreign Ministry announces the introduction of reciprocal sanctions against a similar number of US officials and lawmakers,” reads the statement published on the Foreign Ministry’s website.

The Ministry reiterates that Russia has “repeatedly” stressed using sanctions is a “double-edged thing”and it will have a “boomerang” effect against the US itself.

“Treating our country in such way, as Washington could have already ascertained, is inappropriate and counterproductive,” the statement said.

The statement continued: “Nevertheless, it looks like the American side continues to blindly believe in the effectiveness of such methods, taken from the arsenal of the past, and does not want to face the obvious: the people of Crimea, in a democratic way in full accordance with international law and UN regulations, voted to join Russia, which respects and accepts this choice. You may like this decision or not, but we are talking about a reality, which needs to be taken into consideration.”

On Thursday US President Barack Obama announced a new executive order imposing further on key sectors of the Russian economy and top Russian officials and businessmen. The measures will impact Russian energy, mining, defense and engineering sectors.

Earlier on Thursday, 443 of 446 Russian lower house MPs voted to ratify the acceptance of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as new parts of the Russian Federation…. see more

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One Response to “Sanction tit-for-tat: Moscow strikes back against US officials”

  • Stan Squires says:

    I am from vancouver,canada and i wanted to say that if the majority of people in Crimea wants to join Russia that is their choice.The govs. of canada,usa and western european govs.got no say in that.
    It is hypocritical of the U.S. gov.to criticize Russia when the american gov.is preventing Puerto Rico from getting its independence.Most people in Crimea can speak russian and they use to be part of Russia in the past. In Puerto Rico people speak spanish and they never wanted to be part of the usa.The canadian gov. is in no position to criticize Russia when it has an apartheid policy toward the Native People in canada.If the people of Crimea were part of the EU they would be forced to accept austerity measures like those in Greece and Spain.

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