BRUSSELS – Russia decided to ban three Dutch deputies from entering the country, the Dutch Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.The three parliamentarians were included on a list of European Union citizens who are forbidden from traveling to the Russian federation.
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders told ANP news agency that the Russian blacklist, which was delivered to the Dutch embassy in Moscow in Thursday, has no basis in international law, and lacks transparency.
The Netherlands understood the travel ban as retaliation to EU sanctions imposed on Russia after it annexed Crimea and its continued involvement with the conflict in eastern Ukraine, according to the online edition of the Dutch AD newspaper.
The Dutch Foreign Ministry has informed the three deputies of Russia’s decision.
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