List of persons on the Russian Visa Blocking List
The Russian visa blocking list was handed over to several EU delegations by the Russian Foreign Ministry on May 27, 2015 . The list includes 89 European politicians, military and business people who are no longer allowed to enter Russia (as of May 26, 2015).
prehistory
In the run-up to the handover of the " black list ", tensions arose between Germany and Russia after Russia refused entry to the chairman of the German-Ukrainian parliamentary group , Karl-Georg Wellmann (CDU), on May 25, 2015 . He was informed that the entry ban will remain in place until 2019. In a first reaction, Bundestag Vice President Johannes Singhammer (CSU) canceled his upcoming trip to Moscow. He had planned to hold talks in the Russian Foreign Ministry with members of the Russian-German friendship group, church representatives and Russian opposition politicians.
Sergei Mitrochin , the chairman of the Russian opposition party Yabloko , has criticized the entry ban for the Bundestag member Wellmann as incomprehensible: "The ban does not only fall out of the framework of civilized relations between states, but also shows an inappropriate foreign policy."
In September 2014, Rebecca Harms , leader of the Greens / European Free Alliance (Greens / EFA) group in the European Parliament , was detained at the airport despite her diplomatic passport . She was refused entry without giving reasons. After her return, Harms spoke of the existence of a list of names of European politicians who would face sanctions such as entry restrictions to Russia. Representatives of the German Embassy in Moscow had spoken to her about a “stop list”. The same thing happened to a Latvian MEP.
A spokeswoman from Brussels also said that such a list had been known for some time: "In recent months, a large number of EU politicians, including members of parliament, have been refused entry on arrival at the Russian border." Russia justified this with the fact that those people were on a confidential list.
Reactions
Numerous media rated the list in response to the EU's sanctions against Russia . Yleisradio (yle), the public broadcaster of Finland, leaked a German version of the list, which was also made available online by Deutschlandfunk .
On May 30, 2015, a high-ranking employee of the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed to the TASS agency that similar lists had been passed on to Russia's European partners. However, the Russian Foreign Ministry did not want to comment on specific reasons for issuing entry bans for individuals. Only the general classification of entry bans as a reaction to sanctions by the EU and other European states against Russia was confirmed.
The entry ban in the Czech Republic met with particularly strong criticism . Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek criticized the list as "one-sided and non-transparent". In protest, his country summoned the Russian ambassador, Sergei Kisselev , to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kisselev should "explain why the names of four citizens of the Czech Republic are on the list".
Elmar Brok (CDU), the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (AFET), condemned the entry bans because none of the people on the list had done anything illegal: "This is a clear difference to the EU sanctions against Russian people." According to Brok, it is a “show for the local population” and a “symbolic return coach”. Rebecca Harms (leader of the group of the Greens / European Free Alliance in the European Parliament ) said: “Russia is taking revenge for the EU entry bans. But the bans are not comparable. Moscow has broken international law . We are not."
The EU condemned the Russian list as being arbitrary, opaque and unjustified. The President of the European Parliament , Martin Schulz (SPD), called on the Russian authorities to make their decisions transparent in accordance with international guidelines. This is the only way for those affected to exercise their right to defend themselves and file an objection.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rejected the outrage in the EU on the grounds that those affected had "actively supported a coup" during the Ukraine crisis. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meschkow criticized the publication of the confidential list as a breach of trust. The Russian Foreign Ministry did not rule out an expansion of the list if the EU imposed further entry bans on Russian citizens.
Affected people
The persons are listed by name, relevant functions and citizenship. In addition to the original, which was available on Wikisource until June 2015 , the "Group" column was added. With the help of the sorting function, the respective occupational group such as politicians, military or people from business life can be easily surveyed.
| # | Surname | function | group | origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Guy Verhofstadt | Member of the European Parliament (MEP) ( Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)), Group chairman, member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) | politics |
 Belgium
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| 19th | Mark Demesmaeker | MEP ( European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)) | politics |
Belgium
|
| 14th | Ilijan Vasilev | former ambassador of Bulgaria in Russia, co-owner and manager of the consulting company ISE " Innovative Energy Solutions " | diplomat |
 Bulgaria
|
| 2 | Thomas Ahrenkiel | Head of Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (Military Reconnaissance Service of the Danish Armed Forces ) | intelligence |
 Denmark
|
| 20th | Lene Espersen | former member of the Danish Parliament ( Conservative People's Party ), former Foreign Minister | politics |
Denmark
|
| 25th | Daniel Carlsen | Chairman of the Danish Party | politics |
Denmark
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| 48 | Per Stig Møller | Member of the Danish Parliament (Conservative People's Party), chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee, spokesman for EU policy for the Group of the Conservative People's Party of Denmark, former Foreign Minister | politics |
Denmark
|
| 9 | Karl-Georg Wellmann | Member of the Bundestag (CDU), chairman of the German-Ukrainian parliamentary group | politics |
 Germany
|
| 23 | Katrin Suder | at that time permanent state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense (independent) | politics |
Germany
|
| 36 | Uwe Corsepius | Secretary General of the Council of the European Union | politics |
Germany
|
| 50 | Karl Muellner | Air Force Inspector | military |
Germany
|
| 55 | Bernd Posselt | Former MEP ( Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (EPP)), Federal Chairman of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft | politics |
Germany
|
| 78 | Michael Fuchs | Member of the Bundestag (CDU), deputy chairman of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group | politics |
Germany
|
| 80 | Rebecca Harms | MEP ( The Greens Group / European Free Alliance (Greens / EFA)), Group Chair | politics |
Germany
|
| 26th | Meelis Kiili | Brigadier General, Commander of the Defense Union | military |
 Estonia
|
| 32 | Tunne Kelam | MEP (EPP Group), Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defense Policy (AFET) | politics |
Estonia
|
| 52 | Kristiina Ojuland | MEP (ALDE Group), former member of the AFET committee | politics |
Estonia
|
| 53 | Andres Parve | Deputy Chairman of the Defense Industry Association, Head of the Estonian Delegation to the NATO Industrial Advisory Group | economy |
Estonia
|
| 60 | Urmas pure salu | Former Defense Minister, Chairman of the Fatherland Union and Republic Party | politics |
Estonia
|
| 69 | Arnold Sinisalu | Director General of the Security Police | intelligence |
Estonia
|
| 71 | Riho Terras | Major General, Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces | military |
Estonia
|
| 72 | Artur Tiganik | Deputy Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces | military |
Estonia
|
| 81 | Heidi Hautala | MEP (Greens / EFA Group) | politics |
 Finland
|
| 28 | Daniel Cohn-Bendit | Former MEP (Greens / EFA Group) | politics |
 France
|
| 42 | Bernard-Henri Lévy | Public figure | journalist |
France
|
| 46 | Henri Malosse | Chairman of the European Economic and Social Committee | politics |
France
|
| 63 | Bruno Le Roux | Chairman of the Socialiste, républicain, citoyen et divers gauche (SRC) parliamentary group in the French National Assembly | politics |
France
|
| 47 | Theodore Margellos | Co-owner of the consulting agency " Informed Judgment Partners " | economy |
 Greece
|
| 18th | Philip Dunne | Member of the British Parliament ( Conservative Party ), State Secretary (Deputy Minister) in the UK Ministry of Defense | politics |
 United Kingdom
|
| 27 | Nick Clegg | former member of the British House of Commons ( Liberal Democrats ), former Vice Prime Minister | politics |
United Kingdom
|
| 45 | Edward McMillan-Scott | former MEP (most recently ALDE group), former Vice-Chair of the European Parliament | politics |
United Kingdom
|
| 62 | Andrew Robathan | Former Minister of State for Northern Ireland in the British Government (Conservative Party) | politics |
United Kingdom
|
| 54 | Andrew Parker | Director General MI5 | intelligence |
United Kingdom
|
| 61 | Malcolm Rifkind | Member of the UK House of Commons (Conservative Party), former Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee | politics |
United Kingdom
|
| 70 | Robert John Sawers | former head of MI6 | intelligence |
United Kingdom
|
| 75 | Robert Walter | former member of the British House of Commons (Conservative Party) | politics |
United Kingdom
|
| 85 | Nicholas Houghton | Head of Defense Staff of the Armed Forces | military |
United Kingdom
|
| 1 | Solvita Āboltiņa | Member of the Latvian Parliament ( Unity Party ), Speaker of the Parliament, Party Leader | politics |
 Latvia
|
| 12 | Inese Vaidere | MEP (EPP Group), Member of the AFET Committee | politics |
Latvia
|
| 22nd | Roberts Zīle | MEP (ECR Group) | politics |
Latvia
|
| 24 | Sandra Kalniete | MEP (EPP Group) | politics |
Latvia
|
| 56 | Artis Pabriks | MEP (EPP Group), former Latvian Defense Minister | politics |
Latvia
|
| 4th | Petras Auštrevičius | MEP (ALDE Group) | politics |
 Lithuania
|
| 13 | Edmundas Vaitekūnas | Chairman of the Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania | media |
Lithuania
|
| 17th | Gediminas Grina | former director of the State Security Department | intelligence |
Lithuania
|
| 37 | Andrius Kubilius | Member of the Lithuanian Parliament ( Fatherland Union - Christian Democrats of Lithuania ), former party leader | politics |
Lithuania
|
| 40 | Vytautas Landsbergis | former MEP (EPP), former member of AFET Committee, Honorary Chairman of the Lithuanian Patriotic Union Party - Christian Democrats of Lithuania | politics |
Lithuania
|
| 51 | Jovita Neliupsiene | Head of the Foreign Policy Group at the President of Lithuania | politics |
Lithuania
|
| 57 | Artūras Paulauskas | Member of the Lithuanian Parliament ( Darbo partija ), Chairman of the National Security and Defense Committee , former Chairman of the Parliament | politics |
Lithuania
|
| 5 | Hans van Baalen | MEP (LIDE Group), member of the AFET Committee | politics |
 Netherlands
|
| 6th | Louis Bontes | Member of the 2nd Chamber of the States General ( Party for the Netherlands ), former party chairman | politics |
Netherlands
|
| 67 | Michiel Servaes | Member of the 2nd Chamber of the States General ( Labor Party ) | politics |
Netherlands
|
| 7th | Bogdan Borusewicz | Chairman (Marshal) of the Polish Senate ( Platforma Obywatelska ), member of the National Security Council | politics |
 Poland
|
| 8th | Jerzy Buzek | MEP (EPP Group), Member of the AFET Committee | politics |
Poland
|
| 11 | Zbigniew Włosowicz | Deputy Head of the National Security Bureau (BBN) | intelligence |
Poland
|
| 29 | Stanislaw Koziej | Secretary of the Polish Security Council, Head of the BBN | intelligence |
Poland
|
| 34 | Paweł Kowal | Former MEP (ECR Group), former chairman of the delegation in the EU-Ukraine parliamentary cooperation committee | politics |
Poland
|
| 38 | Robert Kupiecki | Undersecretary of State in the Polish Ministry of Defense (independent) | politics |
Poland
|
| 39 | Radoslaw Kujawa | Brigadier General, Head of Military Reconnaissance, Head of Military Reconnaissance Service of the Ministry of Defense | military |
Poland
|
| 41 | Ryszard Legutko | MEP (ECR Group), Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) | politics |
Poland
|
| 44 | Adam Lipiński | Sejm MP | politics |
Poland
|
| 49 | Marek Migalski | Former MdEp (ECR group), former member of the EP delegation in the EU-Russia parliamentary cooperation committee | politics |
Poland
|
| 86 | Ryszard Czarnecki | EP Vice-Chair (ECR Group) | politics |
Poland
|
| 58 | Agnieszka Pomaska | Sejm MPs (citizens' platform) | politics |
Poland
|
| 65 | Jacek Saryusz-Wolski | MEP (EPP member), member of the AFET committee | politics |
Poland
|
| 68 | Marek Siwiec | Former MEP ( S&D Group ), former member of the AFET committee | politics |
Poland
|
| 74 | Marek Tomaszycki | Commander of the Command Command of the Polish Armed Forces , General | military |
Poland
|
| 76 | Andrzej Fałkowski | Military representative in the Military Committee of NATO and the EU in Brussels, former Deputy Head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Poland | military |
Poland
|
| 77 | Anna Fotyga | MEP (ECR Group), Chair of the Defense and Security Subcommittee | politics |
Poland
|
| 84 | Maciej Hunia | Head of Agencja Wywiadu (Agency for (foreign) intelligence) | intelligence |
Poland
|
| 33 | Iulian Chifu | Former advisor to the Romanian President on strategic issues and international security, columnist for the newspaper Evenimentul zilei (EVZ) | politics |
 Romania
|
| 35 | Tiberiu-Liviu Chodan | Commander of the Naval Forces of Romania [written in the Chondon list] |
military |
Romania
|
| 73 | Eugene Tomac | Chairman of the People's Movement Party | politics |
Romania
|
| 82 | Gheorghe Hațegan | Deputy General Director of the state company " Transgaz " | economy |
Romania
|
| 87 | Adrian Cioroianu | Former MEP (LIDE Group), Former Deputy Group Leader, Dean of the Faculty of History at the University of Bucharest | politics |
Romania
|
| 3 | Lena noble son Liljeroth | former member of the Swedish Parliament ( Moderata samlingspartiet ), former Minister of Culture and Sports | politics |
 Sweden
|
| 16 | Odd Werin | Rear Admiral, Sweden's military representative to the EU and NATO | military |
Sweden
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| 30th | Anna Maria Corazza Bildt | MEP (EPP Group), Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) | politics |
Sweden
|
| 31 | Gunnar Karlson | Head of the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST) | intelligence |
Sweden
|
| 43 | Eva Liedström Adler | Head of the Swedish Tax Service | official |
Sweden
|
| 59 | | Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin | Former MP and head of the Swedish PACE delegation | politics |
Sweden
|
| 66 | Magnus Söderman | Member of the " Swedish Resistance Movement " | activist |
Sweden
|
| 83 | Gunnar Hökmark | MEP (EPP Group), Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs | politics |
Sweden
|
| 15th | Ramón Luis Valcárcel | MEP (EPP Group), Vice-President of the European Parliament , former Prime Minister of the Autonomous Region of Murcia | politics |
 Spain
|
| 64 | José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra | Former MEP (EPP Group), former member of the AFET committee | politics |
Spain
|
| 21st | Marek Zenisek | Member of the Czech Parliament ( Item 09 ), Deputy Party Chairman | politics |
 Czech Republic
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| 79 | Štefan Füle | Former EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy | politics |
Czech Republic
|
| 88 | Karel Schwarzenberg | Member of the Czech Parliament (Item 09), Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Party Chairman | politics |
Czech Republic
|
| 89 | Jaromír Štětina | MEP (EPP Group), Vice-Chair of the Defense and Security Subcommittee , member of the AFET Committee | politics |
Czech Republic
|
See also
Web links
- Deutschlandfunk interviews with Karl-Georg Wellmann (CDU), Rebecca Harms (Bündninis 90 / Die Grünen) and Gernot Erler (SPD), the Federal Government’s Commissioner for Russia
- "European Union anger at Russian travel blacklist" (BBC, May 31, 2015)
Remarks
- ↑ "Original" means the document that was made available to the public as a PDF file by Yleisradio and Deutschlandfunk . In addition to the German-language list, there is probably an older Russian-language version, which is not yet available.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Süddeutsche Zeitung -Author mest: Moscow imposes entry bans - also against Germans. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 30, 2015, accessed May 30, 2015 .
- ^ RUS: Russian Visa Blocking List. (PDF 23 KB) In: yle.fi. May 27, 2015, accessed June 1, 2015 .
- ^ RUS: Russian Visa Blocking List. (PDF 23 KB) In: Deutschlandfunk. May 27, 2015, accessed June 1, 2015 .
- ↑ SZ -author AFIS: Russia denied entry Wellmann. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 25, 2015, accessed May 27, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Hans Monath: After entry ban for CDU MPs Wellmann: Bundestag Vice President Singhammer cancels trip to Moscow. In: Der Tagesspiegel. May 26, 2015, accessed June 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Stern: Russian opposition criticizes entry ban for Wellmann. In: Stern. May 26, 2015, archived from the original on May 26, 2015 ; Retrieved June 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Gregor Peter Schmitz: Rebecca Harms on entry ban for EU politicians to Russia. In: Spiegel Online. September 26, 2014, accessed June 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Der Tagesspiegel: Black List in Russia: Frank-Walter Steinmeier criticizes Russian entry ban for EU politicians. In: Der Tagesspiegel. May 30, 2015, accessed June 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Claudia von Salzen : Russian entry bans: Moscow's retaliation for EU sanctions. In: Der Tagesspiegel. May 31, 2015, accessed June 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Vera Kämper, Severin Weiland: Entry bans for Russia: Berlin calls for clarification. In: Spiegel Online. May 30, 2015, accessed June 1, 2015 .
- ↑ BBC: European Union anger at Russian travel blacklist. In: BBC News. May 31, 2015, accessed June 4, 2015 .
- ^ TASS: Moscow introduces 'blacklist' exceptionally as response to EU actions - FM source. In: TASS. May 30, 2015, accessed June 4, 2015 .
- ^ FAZ: The Czech Republic calls in Russian ambassadors In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. June 1, 2015, accessed June 2, 2015 .
- ^ PNP: Berlin wants communication channels with Moscow despite entry bans. In: Passauer Neue Presse. June 1, 2015, accessed June 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Dora Varro, Peter Rossberg: Putin's black list: Kremlin imposes entry ban for 89 people. In: image. May 29, 2015, accessed June 2, 2015 .
- ^ Badische Zeitung: Abroad: Russia: EU condemns entry ban for 89 European politicians. In: Badische Zeitung. May 30, 2015, accessed June 2, 2015 .
- ↑ n-tv author ghö: “Active coup support”: Russia defends black list. In: n-tv. June 1, 2015, accessed June 2, 2015 .