The Russian Foreign Ministry has expanded the list of German citizens who are prohibited from entering the territory of the Russian Federation, in response to the EU sanctions against the GRU and its employees for hacker attacks on Bundestag . The corresponding statement is posted on official website of the department .
“According to the diplomatic principle of reciprocity, the top officials of the German security and intelligence agencies, which are part of the German Defense Ministry, have been elected as new persons involved in the Russian stop-list,” the department said.
The Foreign Ministry stressed that Moscow has repeatedly offered Berlin to hold joint consultations to clarify the circumstances of the cyber attacks, but never received a response. According to the diplomatic department, this indicates that the German authorities are not interested in a real investigation of the attacks attributed to “Russian hackers”.