Finland did not let the speaker in of the State Duma under EU sanctions

Finnish Foreign Ministry refused to State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin and several deputies who are under sanctions of the European Union, to enter the country to participate in the summer session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, reports Kommersant

Speaker himself said that in response to the Russian delegation refused to participate in the session, but United Russia Nikolai Kovalyov intends to travel to the meeting.

Participation in PA was important for Russia because of the two resolutions on Ukraine, which, according to Moscow, are biased and contain harsh criticism of the Russian Federation.

As spokesman Richard Solash Assembly, the organization counted on the participation of the Russian delegation.

The ban on the entry of Sergei Naryshkin and several State Duma deputies to Finland to participate in the summer session of the OSCE Foreign Ministry explained that they are in the EU sanctions list.

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