Russia declares Greece, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia as "hostile countries"

MADRID, 22 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Russian government has declared Greece, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia as "hostile countries" for their support of Ukraine during the Russian invasion, in a decision that implies the reduction of the level of diplomatic contacts between Moscow and the affected countries.

Inclusion on the list also limits the countries that comprise it the hiring of Russian personnel in their embassies, consulates or representation missions. Thus, according to the new decree, "Greece has a limit of 34 people, Denmark, 20, and Slovakia, 16, while Slovenia and Croatia cannot hire employees for their diplomatic missions and consular institutions."

The United States and the Czech Republic were already subject to these restrictions in May 2021, recalls the Russian Government, before pointing out that this blacklist is not yet closed and new countries could enter "given the constant hostile actions of foreign states", according to with the statement collected by the Russian agency TASS.

"Naturally, being on the list of hostile countries implies a reduction in the level of contacts. This is a government matter; it is the government that makes that decision. And it is simply related to the hostile manifestations of these states," he declared in this sense the spokesman of the Kremlin, Dimitri Peskov.