Deputy Foreign Ministry of Russia Alexander Grushko promised that Moscow will take measures in response to the EU sanctions because of Alexey Navalny (founder of the Foundation for the Fight of Corruption, which is included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of organizations that perform the functions of a foreign agent). It quotes RIA Novosti.
“The sanction path is not our choice, but we naturally will respond to sanctions. This is not a secret for those who are trying to arrange a sanctions race,” the diplomat emphasized.
On March 2, the EU introduced sanctions against “high-ranking officials” of Russia because of the situation around Alexei Navalny. In particular, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee (SC) of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), head of Rosgvartia Victor Zolotov, and the Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, as well as the Prosecutor General of Rosgvardia Victor Zolotov, also included in the sanction list. They are denied entry into the countries of the European Union, they will not be able to keep funds in banks of EU countries.
On February 2, the Moscow Court of Justice, the Simonovsky Court of Moscow replaced the violation of the condition of compliance with the test period in the case of “Yves Rocher”. In the colony, he will stay 2 years 6 months, taking into account the year, conducted under house arrest during the preliminary investigation. The European Court of Human Rights demanded from the Government of Russia to release Alexey Navalny from prison as a security measures. The Russian Foreign Ministry called the RESOLUTION ECHR attempted to press Moscow.