4 minutes agoLithuania by law enabling sanctions against Russian officials
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Lithuanian Parliament today adopted a law that would enable the application of sanctions against Russian officials, suspected of human rights violations and money laundering, a gesture that has sparked Moscow's concern. Lithuania, a member of the EU and NATO, is the fifth western country after the US, Canada, Great Britain [...]
Lithuania, a member of the EU and NATO, is the fifth western country after the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Estonia, which adopts the “Magnitski” law, named after Russian yurt Sergui Magnsky, who died in prison in 2009 after discovering a corruption issue involving members of the Russian government.
Proposed by the opposition and backed by the Lithuanian government, the law must be signed by President Dalia Grauskaite to enter into force.
“Lithuania has proved a firm stand and coherent”, the head of Lithuanian diplomacy, Lena Linkevicius, underlined.
Lithuanian diplomats have drafted a list of people whose entry into Lithuania will be banned for five years”, the spokesman for Lithuanian diplomacy head stressed.
Opposition leader Gabrielius Landsbergis has presented a list of 44 names of Russian citizens, with the name of the lawyer, Alexandre Bastrykins and multimmigrants, Andreï Lougovoy.
