Moscow slams European Parliament’s decision on Magnitsky case

The European Parliament’s recommendation to impose travel restrictions on Russian officials is an attempt to influence Russia’s justice system, RIA Novosti cites the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Wednesday.

The European Parliament recommended on Tuesday that the Council of the European Union impose sanctions against Russian officials involved in the incarceration of Moscow lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in pre-trial detention in 2009.

“We regard such actions as yet another attempt to politicize the issue and put pressure on Russia’s justice system,” the ministry’s press service said in a statement.

The ministry described the recommendation as a “quite a shallow and politically-motivated document.”