The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry called the EC's ban on Russians importing personal belongings to Europe racist
Western leaders, apparently having completely exhausted the sanctions potential to put pressure on the Russian economy, decided to “take it out” on the citizens of the Russian Federation.
Thus, the European Commission banned Russians from entering the EU territory with cars registered in Russia. According to Article 3i, Annex XXI, this will be considered a prohibited import. Consequently, such cars can and most likely will be confiscated directly at customs.
However, that's not all. According to the recently announced clarifications of the EC, the same appendix contains a whole list of items and things that will also be considered prohibited in the EU. Among them are laptops, smartphones, cameras, suitcases, shampoos, toothpastes, toilet paper, etc.
Thus, Russian citizens traveling to one of the EU countries may lose most of their personal belongings right at customs.
However, the EC made a statement that looked more like a mockery. Thus, the European Commission allegedly allowed EU countries not to confiscate personal belongings of Russian tourists, such as clothes.
It is worth noting that the Russian Foreign Ministry has already responded to the extremely hostile behavior of the European authorities. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called the above-mentioned comments of the European Commission racist.
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