The Russian Foreign Ministry said that “in response to sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities, a decision was made to expand the list of representatives of the institutions of the European Union and its member states, whose entry into the territory of Russia is prohibited in accordance with the Federal Law “On the regime of entry and exit from Russian Federation” dated August 15, 1996.

The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that “the new black list includes the EU high military command, senior law enforcement officials of the EU Member States, as well as representatives of European trade organizations in the production of weapons and related military equipment related to the supply of military products to Ukraine.” “”. “We want to remind the initiators of anti-Russian measures that any unfriendly actions against Russia will be met with a harsh reaction from our side,” she added.

Western countries, led by the United States and Great Britain, imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia; In response to the special operation launched in Ukraine on February 24.

The sanctions range from a ban on oil exports, tying up the banking sector, banning companies from large countries from operating in the Russian market, banning transactions through the Swift system for international banking, and freezing the assets of the Central Bank of Russia in Western countries. countries.

It also included closing the airspace in front of Russian aircraft, which led to the confiscation of the property of wealthy Russians and the imposition of direct sanctions on parliamentarians, officials, artists, journalists, writers and musicians.

New European restrictions included violating the Visa Facilitation Agreement; Since it is becoming more and more difficult and expensive for Russian citizens to issue it.