On December 18, the EU countries passed yet another sanctions package, the twelfth.

In response to these unfriendly, illegitimate actions, which undermine the international legal prerogatives of the UNSC, Russia has substantially expanded the list of representatives of European institutions and EU member countries who are banned from coming to the territory of our state in accordance with Federal Law No. 114-FZ of August 15, 1996 On the Procedure for Entry to and Exit from the Russian Federation.

The list includes representatives of law enforcement agencies and commercial entities in the EU countries, citizens of the EU member states responsible for rendering military aid to the neo-Nazi Kiev regime (supplies of arms, combat hardware and uniforms, Ukrainian military personnel training, raising funds for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the provision of intelligence data, communications services and logistics, etc.); representatives of European structures involved in persecuting Russian officials for “illegal arrests and expelling people from Ukrainian territories,” engaged in creating a tribunal as regards Russian leadership and the collection of relevant materials; advocating the confiscation of Russian state assets or use of profits from them in the interests of Ukraine, supporting the introduction of sanctions against Russia and trying to undermine Russia’s relations with other states; as well as persons involved in distributing disinformation about Russia.

Restrictions have also been extended to the participants of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which voted on October 13 for a resolution that calls for undisguised interference in the domestic affairs of our country and is aimed at discrediting the presidential election of Russia in 2024.

We reaffirm that any unfriendly actions by the Western countries will continue to receive a timely and appropriate response.