The Committee of the Federation Council on the Regulations decided to ban the visit to the building of the upper house of the Russian parliament of the Sater and other Great Britain diplomats in response to a similar step in London, Interfax writes.
“Having heard the information of the chairmen of the Committee of Timchenko and Karasin on the decision of the leadership of the UK parliament, to limit access to the official representatives of Russia in the UK to the British Parliament building, the Rules Committee for the Regulation decided to refuse the possibility of visiting the Council of the British Service in Russia and other diplomatic Embassy staff, ”said the head of the regulation committee at his meeting.
He noted that the Committee has officially confirmed information about the restriction of the possibility of the Russian ambassador and the embassy employees in the UK visit the British Parliament building. This was reported by official sources of the UK with reference to a statement signed by the speaker of the House of Commons and the speaker of the House of Lords. “In this situation, we cannot remain silent,” Timchenko said. Grigory Karasin, head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, suggested not to be allowed to the building of the Federation Council of the Ambassador and Embassy of the British Embassy.