The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has imposed a ban on the entry to Russia of hostile citizens of Lithuania - politicians, deputies and political scientists. Thus, Moscow responded to the provocative actions of Vilnius, which in January this year adopted an American analogue of the "Magnitsky list". On this Saturday, April 28, the Russian Foreign Ministry. "As is known, it is not in the rules of the Russian side to remain in debt with partners in connection with their provocative actions. In response to the adoption by Vilnius of the analogue of the American "Magnitsky law", they were forced to impose a ban on the entry to Russia of the most hostile Lithuanian citizens from among local politicians, deputies and political scientists, "the statement of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry warned that he left the "stop list" open, and if the Lithuanian authorities continue provocations, Moscow reserves the right to an adequate response. The Office did not disclose information on the number and personalities who are prohibited from visiting Russia. In January 2018, the Department of Migration of Lithuania published the so-called "Magnitsky list" of 49 Russians who were denied entry to the Baltic republic. The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin, the deputy head of the Investigation Committee under the Ministry of Internal Affairs Oleg Logunov and four judges.

Judging by today's statements by the deputy of the European Parliament from Lithuania Petras Astryavicius, who wrote the appeal of the EP to the leaders of the EU countries and to the European authorities, in which he proposed to expand sanctions against Russia, our Foreign Ministry has something to work on. He accused Moscow of poisoning former colonel GRU Sergey Skripal and his daughter, as well as the fact that Russia supports the government of Syria. The Lithuanian initiates the introduction of restrictive measures against "Russian tycoons and oligarchs" who "help" the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, RIA Novosti reports.. In his opinion, the previous sanctions against Russia "justified themselves".