Threatened US and EU visa bans would hit 13 Russian political and
business leaders -German newspaper
YEREVAN, March 14. / ARKA /. Threatened US and EU visa bans over the
Crimea crisis would hit at least 13 Russian political and business
leaders, including the defense minister, secret service chief and head
of Gazprom, German newspaper Bild said today.
According to Bild, the list of people to be targeted with visa bans
includes at least 13 names, among them Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu
and Federal Security Service (FSB) chief Alexander Bortnikov, chief of
Putin’s administration Sergei Ivanov, vice prime minister Dmitry
Rogozin and secretary of the National Security Council Nikolay
Patrushev.
The ban may also hit presidential aides Sergey Glazyev and Vladislav
Surkov and head of parliament committee on foreign affairs Alexei
Pushkov.
Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller and oil giant Rosneft’s chief
Igor Sechin would also face bans on travel to the European Union and
United States, BIld said.. -0-
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