As RIA Novosti was told in the German department, Germany considers these steps by Russia to be unjustified.
“Although such a scheme of Russian countermeasures is known from the past, the German government believes that it remains unjustified.
This incident is not a bilateral affair, but remains an international affair due to a violation of international law related to the use of a chemical nerve agent, ”the ministry said.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that the Russian side, on the basis of the principle of reciprocity, had made a decision to expand the reciprocal list of representatives of EU member states that are prohibited from entering the territory of the Russian Federation.
On December 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian side was ready to investigate the situation with Alexei Navalny.