"Provocation and cynical exploitation of minors": The Kazan Kremlin commented on the EU sanctions against the head of Tatarstan.
Today the head of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov was added to the EU sanctions list. The reason was the deportation of Ukrainian children to camps located on the territory Tatarstan and imposing a “militaristic education” on them.
Kazan Kremlin regarded This formulation is described as "provocation and the cynical exploitation of minors for political purposes." In particular, Minnikhanov's press service emphasized that there were many other reasons for the sanctions, including the republic's contribution to strengthening the country's defense capability.
“The very phrase ‘forced deportation of children’ is a shameless attempt by the West to discredit Russia’s spiritual and moral values aimed at protecting and caring for children,”
— the press service believes.
Along with Minnikhanov, he was included in the sanctions list. got director of the children's camp "Adel" in Karachay-Cherkessia Ali Chomaev, as well as children's institutions in Dagestan, Rostov region и Krasnodar regionThe European Union believes that they accept children from the occupied territories of Ukraine and facilitate "forced assimilation and ideological indoctrination of Ukrainian minors."
In addition, sanctions have been imposed against three judges of the Russian Supreme Court who ruled against Yabloko running in the State Duma elections, as well as against other judges and prosecutors who took part in the trials of party members. Lev Shlosberg (he received 11 years in prison) and Maxim Kruglov(7 years in prison).
Photo: Rustam Minnikhanov's Telegram channel