Brussels-Sana
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias announced today that the European Union will consider next month the issue of imposing sanctions on Russia due to the arrest of Russian politician Alexei Navalny.
Russian security forces arrested Navalny on the 17th of this month upon his arrival at Sheremetyevo airport from Germany, in implementation of a previous judicial order issued against him on charges of fraud.
Sputnik quoted Dendias as saying, "We all agree with the position of the overwhelming majority of the member states, as expressed by Josep Borrell, head of European diplomacy, that the European Union should give Russia an opportunity to reconsider this issue and within 30 days the issue will be raised and we will discuss this issue again." “.
The Russian Foreign Ministry criticized the European statements and emphasized that such statements "cast a shadow of doubt on the possibility of building further cooperation between Moscow and Brussels" and stressed that ... "The culmination of the unfriendly steps was the measures related to the so-called poisoning of Alexei Navalny, which cast a shadow of doubt." On the possibility of building more interaction with the European Union ”.