A member of Russia’s upper house of parliament is calling for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his deputies to be placed on Moscow’s sanctions list.Igor Morozov, a member of the Federation Council’s foreign affairs committee, told the state news agency RIA-Novosti on Wednesday that the move would be retaliation for the United States’ issuing a limited visa to chamber speaker Valentina Matvienko.Matvienko is under U.S. sanctions in connection with Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.Matvienko had sought to attend events organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union to be held at United Nations headquarters this month.The sanctions do not bar …read more
Source: The Jakarta Post
