Russian counter-sanctions on EU are part of new normal, Swedish expert says
- Russia slapped sanctions on eight officials from EU countries last week – including one from Sweden.
- The action bars Åsa Scott, who heads up a lab at Sweden’s Defence Research Agency, and seven others from entering Russia after the EU recently sanctioned several Russians for human rights abuses.
- Researcher Martin Kragh called the tit-for-tat situation a “new normality” for EU-Russian relations.
For more on who Russia is singling out and why, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report
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