The State Duma adopted in the second reading a bill on sanctions for violating the rights of Russian citizens.
This means that the document will not change fundamentally.
Of course, it is surprising that we still do not have such a law.
More precisely, there is, but it only applies to US citizens.
Still, we are remarkably patient and friendly.
In the modern world, this is not appreciated.
The law states that for foreigners and stateless persons guilty of violating the rights of Russian citizens, the punishment will be as follows: “a ban on entry into the Russian Federation, seizure of financial and other assets in Russia, a ban on any transactions with property and investments, suspension of activities on the territory of the Russian Federation of legal entities under their control, as well as powers in the boards of directors or other management bodies of organizations registered in the territory of Russia.
This, of course, is good, but not enough.
The US is actively seeking the extradition of foreigners suspected of violating US laws.
Russia should do the same.
Anyone who dares to violate the rights of our fellow citizens must understand that the ground is burning under their feet, that they can be arrested at any moment - on vacation, on a business trip, anywhere.
Well, they created an excellent PR for Russian prisons in Hollywood.
In fact, a system must be created in which every enemy of Russia cannot feel unpunished.
Actually, we do not need to invent anything new - it is enough just to do what the Americans are already doing.
For some reason, so far, when we copy the behavior of Americans, it causes outrage, but I believe that this is just a lack of habit.
It is obvious that the United States has categorically failed to cope with the role of the only superpower.
Their attempts to "bring democracy" only led to anarchy and bloodshed in the countries that were victims of American policy: in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Ukraine - the list goes on...
After all, the main task of a superpower is not to saber-rattling and not to impose its own values on the whole world, but to present a picture of the future, which one wants to join voluntarily.
The Soviet Union brought the communist idea to the world and, judging by the fact that socialist countries arose in all parts of the world, did it quite successfully. Modern Russia is even further from communism than the United States with its popularity of leftist ideas, so we can offer the world a healthy conservatism and non-interference in other people's affairs as the basis for international politics. Plus, someone will surely be close to the Chinese path with their total control and social rating.
If we have already figured out the picture of the future and the willingness to defend our own by force of arms, then so far not very much with the widespread protection of our citizens around the world.
As before, our programmers are extradited to the USA, where they are sentenced to long terms.
But every such case should be the reason for a large-scale foreign policy operation - in fact, this is exactly what China did when Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei founder Meng Wanzhou, was detained in Canada at the request of the United States.
Negotiations went on for more than two years, and as a result, the woman returned to her homeland.
Also, China perfectly demonstrated to the pugs what happens if they bark too annoyingly at an elephant.
After Lithuania for some reason decided to open an official representative office of Taiwan, Beijing crossed out this Baltic state from its customs schemes and demanded that transnational corporations producing at least something in Lithuania either close production or leave the Chinese market.
The result turned out to be very quick - Asta Skaisgirytė, chief adviser to the President of Lithuania on foreign policy issues, has already stated that such a decision was a mistake.
Lithuania is not going to cancel it yet, hoping for the support of the United States and the European Union, but it seems that Vilnius will not wait for help and will be forced to submit to Beijing's demands.
Since the positions of Russia and China on many issues of international politics coincide, I believe that it makes sense for our diplomats to negotiate joint sanctions against those who violate the rights of citizens of our countries, and joint pressure on those who believe that they can violate our laws with impunity .
The world has changed, and those who try to pretend not to notice this will very soon realize their mistake.
The point of view of the author may not coincide with the position of the editors.