German CDU deputy Karl-Georg Wellmann said that not allowing him to Russia is the result of a power struggle between rival groups in the Kremlin. In his opinion, there is a secret list of people who are not allowed to Russia.
In Russia, there apparently are some groups that are fighting for power – Wellmann said on public television ARD. One is the “siloviki” – the Interior Ministry, the military and secret services who advocate a policy of strength and attitude are at the escalation of conflicts. – While the representatives of the Foreign Ministry and the economy, with whom I was to meet, seek compromise – said the German politician.
– As you can see, this first group proved to be stronger this time – said Wellmann. The tightening of the situation at the moment is “silly and incomprehensible” – judged, adding that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seeking a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine.
According to the deputy in Russia there is a “secret list” of foreign politicians who are not allowed into Russia. Sorry interested people learn about this fact only at the airport – German Christian Democrat noted.
Wellmann pointed out that its Russian partners were outraged by his being prevented from holding the visit. He added that he waited at the airport for the plane to Berlin, had come to him, representatives of the “large Russian newspaper”, who called the conduct of the authorities “disgrace” and announced the publication of material on the subject.
Wellmann after landing on Sunday near Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport has learned that 2019 is covered by the ban on entry to Russia, even though it had a diplomatic passport. Then they demanded from him to the next plane back to Germany; the night before departure on Monday spent in a hall airport transfer.
The German Foreign Ministry protested against the decision of the authorities in Moscow.
spoke critically about Putin
Wellmann was to meet in the Russian capital with the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, the upper house of parliament, Konstantin Kosachev and adviser to President Vladimir Putin, Sergei Głaziewem.
Wellmann corresponds to the CDU’s foreign policy and is chairman of the German-Ukrainian parliamentary group. In the face of the conflict in the Donbas many times very critical of Russia. In mid-February, he said on ZDF television: “There is ongoing Russian war. Separatists are tools Russians”. He also said that east of Ukraine “constantly flowing stream of Russian ammunition, weapons, fighters and logistics.”
The relations between Germany and Russia cooled considerably because of the crisis in Ukraine and the sanctions imposed by the West against Moscow for its role in the conflict.
In September 2014, Russia banned the entry into its territory of the head of the Greens in the European Parliament Rebecca Harms. She also suggested that she was on a secret list of undesirable persons by the Russian authorities. A similar fate befell an employee of the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation. In turn, in April, Russia protested when the German authorities have not allowed to leave the airport in Berlin three members of a Russian nationalist motorcycle club “Night Wolves”.
PAP / agkm
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