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Russia is Blacklisting D66 MP Sjoerd Sjoerdsma

27Jan

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Russia is Blacklisting D66 MP Sjoerd Sjoerdsma

Russia has blacklisted D66 MP Sjoerd Sjoerdsma. This means that he will not be able to join a delegation from MPs to Moscow next month. Foreign minister Stef Blok has already called on the Russian ambassador, but that has not led to a different position. The Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs would visit Russia at the request of the Duma, the Russian parliament. Only recently did it become clear that Sjoerdsma is not welcome. A reason was not mentioned. Russia would internally suggest that the Netherlands also has a sanction list and that they are also free to use a checklist. Sjoerdsma reacts laconically. "If the Russian government thinks that because of this pressure I will swallow my criticism of, for example, MH17 and human rights violations, they will come home from a c...

London Wants Extradition of Russian Suspects in Skripal Case

London Wants Extradition of Russian Suspects in Skripal Case. The British government is going to ask Russia to deliver two men to Britain. They are speculated of engaging an attack with the deadly nerve gas Novichok. According to the newspaper The Guardian, which raises sources from the government and secret service, the text of the extradition request has been drawn up and is ready to be sent to Russia. The two are suspected of committing the attack with the nerve gas on Russian former double-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Novichoke is a chemical weapon that was once developed in the Soviet Union. Both survived the attack but were ill for months. Reports last month that the British police had identified the Russian suspects behind the attack, the British Secretary ...

Do Russians want to Live in a Country without Truth?

Relatives of MH17 victims get an open letter to the Russian authorities and state media. According to the eWorldNews, they have done everything to sow doubt and obscure the truth about the air disaster. If the Russians want to live in a country where the truth no longer exists, they ask themselves. The letter is on the website of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta. He has been signed by a dozen surviving relatives from Australia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. They write that after almost four years they are still struggling with the sudden and brutal loss of their loved ones and the questions that have not yet been answered. Russian people not guilty "We do not blame the Russian people for what happened," the letter writers say. "We are not against you, and we ho...