France has defied an EU travel ban and granted a visa to Russian Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev, despite the fact he is blacklisted from entering the bloc due to his support of Moscow’s annexation of Crimea.
The Russian ministry confirmed Tkachev had been granted a French visa to head the Russian delegation at the World Organization for Animal Health in Paris, which began Sunday, Reuters reported.
Tkachev has been on the list of individuals banned from entering the EU since July 2014. The list targets people and firms accused of supporting Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula.
Tkachev, then the head of Russia’s …read more
Source: European Voice
